Pretty interesting and unusual by today's standards. The grain appears to be perpendicular to the bridge--do I see that right? Slide 9 and 10 appear to show a massive bass cutoff bar--is it attached to the bracing? It appears to be. At what point did Bluthner change the grain angle to be more parallel with the bridge? An interesting dilemma if you want to remain true to the original design yet produce something which will perform well. What did it sound like before you took it apart? I think Andre's analogy is a good one. David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ric Brekne Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:04 AM To: pianotech Subject: Soundboard rib question Hi folks Below are links to several pics of the Bluthner... including a couple of the underside. I will get better shots of that when I remove the panel but these will suffice for now me thinks. Cheers RicB http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide9.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide10.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide11.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide12.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide13.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide14.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide15.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide16.jpg http://www.pianostemmer.no/pics/slide17.jpg _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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