Strange bridge in a Steinway

[Jim Parker]

Just for terminology's sake, I believe I have heard or read this type of
bridge being discussed as a "stepped out" bridge.
----- 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
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