By Jove, I think I've got it! Form befuddles function!. Paul Larudee Ron Nossaman wrote: > >Yamaha grands have string braid (felt, not cotton) muting out more than > half of > >the lowest duplex section. Some other manufacturers also do this to a greater > >or lesser degree. Does anyone know why? I mean if you're going to have the > >aliquot bridge, why mute it out? Or if you're going to mute it out, why have > >the bridge? > > > >Paul Larudee > > The aliquot bar is to provide a positive and relatively easily modified > height stop when setting bearing, to provide something very shiny for > prospective customers and sales staff to gaze upon, and to augment the > sounds the piano makes by making a few of it's own with the back scale. > > The braid is to provide a brightly colored accent to the shiny aliquot bar > for prospective customers and sales staff to gaze upon, and to get the back > scale to shut the heck up when the reality of the produced noises proved > not to be the enhancement of the intended noises and instead drew the > attention of the prospective customers and sales staff away from the very > shiny aliquot bar. > > I think that about covers it. > > Ron N
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