more bridge design

[Farrell]

The Estey violin bridge had holes in the long bridge and in the bass bridge.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 6:18 AM
Subject: Re: more bridge design


> David,
> 
> At 02:42 3/26/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> 
> >     Now here the violin bridge analogy may come in again -- i.e., the 
> > bridge is not a solid block of wood, but has as many "holes", or open 
> > spaces in it as possible.
> >     Does anybody know which large grand it is that has the holey bass 
> > bridge and what the reason for the holes is?    --David Nereson, RPT, Denver
> 
> 
> Mehlin grands have up to a 6" high bass bridge, and the arrangement of 
> holes looks more like a Roman aqueduct. Mass reduction is definitely a 
> reason for the configuration.
> 
> Estey advertized a "violin bridge".  I don't recall the bass bridge 
> profile, but the treble cross section resembled an hourglass.
> 
> 
> 
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