[pianotech] interesting piano

[Terry Farrell]

Ron - I'm not sure I'm reading Rafael correctly, but I wonder if he  
does not realize that the piano had a separate transition bridge -  
which is, of course, nothing in of itself, but merely a reflection of  
the string scale as you pointed out. Or he may also have been  
referring to the logarithmic bend to the tenor end of the long bridge  
- i.e. no hockey stick end - which is, again, the scale and not the  
bridge in and of itself.

Terry Farrell

On Sep 16, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:

> Rafael M. Huberman Muñiz wrote:
>> Hi Ron,
>> One thing that got my attention from the pictures you sent is the  
>> shape of the bridge at the begining of the tenor. Would it be that  
>> the design of the bridge has to do also with that smothness of tone  
>> between plain wire, doubles at the tenor and high bass that you  
>> mention besides of the scale design?
>
> Well, though I didn't comment on tone across the transition, the  
> wrapped bichords, being at a higher break% than plain wire of the  
> same length, also sound better as a result. The bridge shape  
> accommodates the improved scale, in this case, but doesn't otherwise  
> have any magic properties.
> Ron N