And who ever dictated that the bass side of the piano case had to be straight and at aright angle to the keyboard? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: Re: Strange bridge in a Steinway > > That's part of the problem and challenge of soundboard design. The low end > > of the bass bridge is very close (in proximity on the board) to the low > end > > of the tenor bridge, yet they have considerably different soundboard > > impedance requirements. The low bass needs lots of flexibility (usually > > more than is available to it), and the low tenor needs more stiffness > > (usually more than is available to it). > > > > Ron N > > So, here we go back to the straight-strung pianos? > I have been thinking about this a bit, and it seems a clever design, if it > avoids the bass bridge being placed too close to the rim (by angling the > strings a lot to the right, to place the bridge towards the center of the > board), or uses a floating soundboard along the straight side at the end of > the bass bridge (like in old straight strung Pleyels). > This way you could have a much better board, where strings and bridges with > different impedance requirements won't need to share the same board area. Or > am I missing something? > > Calin Tantareanu > ---------------------------------------------------- > http://calintantareanu.tripod.com > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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