Add to that the shortest warranty in the industry and that further diminishes my recommendation. dp David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Kent Swafford Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:17 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: B 458198, string deflections The problems with the bridge deterioration that I for one attribute to the extra side bearing is enough to keep me recommending against such pianos. Add at least the possibility of undesirable soundboard loading and I'm all the more ready to recommend against them. Kent On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > As soundboard crown diminishes, the long bridge rotates forward, > and left, as a consequence. I can't help but think that a net left > side bearing like that will put even more load on a soundboard > that's already overloaded by design in that area. It might not be a > significant factor in practice, but I'd prefer not to find out the > hard way. > > Ron N _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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