Downbearing- pos.front/neg.rear

[David Ilvedson]

I've noticed this visually in some Kawai small grands.  KG-2...

David I.

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On 3/29/01 at 1:54 PM 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