unusual upright

[Ron Nossaman]

>2. All of the classes I've attended that deal with bridge construction
>emphasize the importance of maximum contact between bridge and soundboard,
>and yet this design relies on transmitting the bridge vibrations through
>11 dowels - that doesn't add up to a whole lot of surface area. Why would
>this have been considered to be a superior (or even viable) design?

There's no reason it wouldn't be viable. A bridge can push a soundboard 
(and that's what it does) with 11 dowels just as well as it can over a wide 
footprint. It's not a matter of square inches of contact. It's a matter of 
solid connection.


>4. I took pictures of the piano, bridge, etc. because it was interesting
>to me - is this piano enough of an oddity that it might be worth
>submitting to the Journal?

I think so. I'd sure like to see them.

Ron N