Something Odd

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Forsyth
| Sent: April 05, 2005 11:40 AM
| To: Pianotech
| Subject: Something Odd
| 
| Okay you guys, stop strutting around  with your damper protection.
| No one has got the answer yet, although Conrad is actually 
| correct about the auxiliary (transition) (third) bridge.
| 
| I discovered something odd when I opened back the top and saw 
| that the edges of the top did not line up......"gads, 
| something horrible has gone wrong here!". It took a few 
| seconds to dawn on me that the long side runs at an obtuse 
| angle to the keyboard. You will notice the wedge shaped 
| filler between the left side shelf slider and the rim and 
| thus the left cheek is also wedge shaped.
| 
| "Case" closed....uhmm.....
| 
| AF


Actually this has been a standard characteristic of all Steinway pianos (along
with pianos of many other makes) for about 150 years now. Although there is no
structural or acoustical reason for this it is odd to see one that is not built
this way.

Del
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