Hi Terry The thing was in remarkable condition. Considering the state the soundboard was in that kind of surprised me really. I am replacing it because I will be changing the scale slightly, opting for a bit longer string lengths in the treble section. Besides... to cover my historical fanny among other reasons .... I'm going to reassemble the old panel and bridges, making them look all nice and pretty again and put them in a nice display box so that anyone interested can view the original configuration complete with original scaling details. But gee... I sure hope the new one will hold up as well as the old one. For aesthetics I'm leaning towards using solid beech as the original was. Any thoughts ? btw... for any one interested.. the soundboard came today from Terry's workshop in the states. The perimeter is fitted and the longside ribs... a bit of fitting left to do on the bent side... but heres a pic. Cheers RicB Just curious Ric - if this bridge is in such good condition, why are you making a new one? Of course, if you are rescaling, you may need to. But if not, seems to me you have an excellent bridge right now. What is your thinking here? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > This is just a piece of information for our collective thinking on the > general subject of false beats, loose bridge pins, grooves in bridge > surfaces...etc. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070103/c09cc7f2/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NewBluthner.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 72230 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070103/c09cc7f2/attachment-0001.jpg
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