[pianotech] Bass bridge pin stagger, was freak of nature

[Jack Houweling]

Hi Frank,

If that was the design, fine, but it was the notching that I was ridiculing. 
The piano has many problems and the workmanship is very poor.
I do have more photos.

Jack Houweling

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: George F Emerson 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 7:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bass bridge pin stagger, was freak of nature


  Actually, this bass bridge pin "stagger" makes perfect sense.  I used a similar stagger in the Baldwin 248.  If the other end of the strings terminate at nut (agraffe) pins, this stagger serves to make the strings of each unison of equal length, or closer to it.  What does deserve ridicule is that the "notching" does not match the stagger.

  In fact, this could well be a copy of my design.  If so, someone along the way got the bright idea to compress the unusually wide spacing between the unisons at the bridge, only to discover later that this left no room for proper notching.  "No matter, we can save even more money by replacing the notches with a straight bevel."  If this is the case, the design is further compromised by eliminating my laminated bridge cap.

  Frank Emerson
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Jack Houweling 
    To: Pianotech List 
    Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 8:20 PM
    Subject: [pianotech] freak of nature


    Here is the latest freak of nature I saw. Brand new Chinese piano with "stagger stagger pins".

    Regards,
    Jack Houweling
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