Hmmmm.... Here is an obvious advantage to that Herz design from 1844 then I guess. With the strings between the inverted soundboard and the action, you would probably would have less of a problem designing in adequate distance from both rim and belly rail. Ron Nossaman wrote: > It's to get the "footprint", or attach point of the bridge to the > soundboard panel away from the rim as far as is practically possible. Yes, > it's a good idea since a bridge sitting on the rim doesn't move the > soundboard all that well. It would be nice to be able to get it even > further from the rim, but there is a practical limit in a grand determined > by hammer clearance of the belly rail, and the upper limit of the speaking > length of C-8. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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