Downbearing- pos.front/neg.rear

Greg Newell gnewell@ameritech.net
Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:03:38 -0500


Sounds more like they screwed up to me. What manufacturer?

Greg

David Skolnik wrote:

> Greetings,
> My question specifically addresses, in a new piano, the oft seen
> configuration where one has significant (.030")  positive front downbearing
> with a nearly equally significant amount of negative rear downbearing,
> (which should perhaps more accurately be referred to as positive
> 'upbearing'. Whatever.)  Is there any feeling, among rebuilders, or others
> with first-hand experience, that such a configuration either has
> attributable tonal effects, or has the potential to introduce some physical
> distortion into the board or induce some other type of failure?  If this
> has been discussed somewhere recently, please direct me.
>
> Thanks.
>
> David Skolnik

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