[pianotech] yamaha upright bridge question

[Farrell]

Yamaha long bridges that I've seen (and I've seen quite a few) have two or 
three scarf joints in them. Is that what you mean by a slot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Woodworking-joint-scarf.gif

Terry Farrell

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From: "davespianotuning" <davespianotuning at earthlink.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:01 AM
Subject: [pianotech] yamaha upright bridge question


> HI all:
>
> I was looking at a Yamaha upright with S/N 973433 for a customer.  I did 
> not have good access to see the soundboard - bridge area, but could peek 
> in with a flashlight.  My question is... All the bridges I've seen where 
> they are glued to the sound board have been one solid piece of wood.  This 
> bridge ( the piece glued to the soundboard ) either had 3 large cracks, OR 
> it was actually cut with a slot in 3 places.  Does anyone know if Yamaha 
> actually cut slots on purpose, or was I seeing cracks.  Sorry for not 
> having pictures.
> Dave
>