[CAUT] B 458198, string deflections

[Ron Nossaman]

> Shouldn't speaking lengths be parallel to back scale lengths? 

I would think so, or reasonably close.



>Shouldn't a condition as pictured here be considered undesirable? 

To me it would.


>In  advising our 
> customers as they choose among instruments, shouldn't we  advise against 
> a piano which exhibits such a discrepancy as viewed  from the front of 
> the piano? 

I would, at least if it was this far off.


>I ask because this is an easily  detectable condition, but 
> here isn't exactly a field repair for this,  is there?

Not unless you can drag the bridge left a couple of millimeters and 
glue it back down in an afternoon with hand tools.


> The backscale side of this bridge where the angle is so noticeable  
> exhibits considerable deterioration.

Looks to me like there's finish down in the cracks. Has it been 
rewhatevered?

Ron N