Grand Bending & Square Grand Cheek Lift

[Ron Nossaman]

>Do we ever see piano case bending (front to back) in a modern/traditionally
>designed grand - i.e. does a Steinway D, a Bechstein A, or a Brambach grand
>ever bend up (front to back) under string pressure? If a normal grand does
>not bend, but the square does bend, is that because the case on the regular
>grand resists bending more, and/or is it the plate on the modern grand that
>is more stiff?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Terry Farrell

Perhaps they do, and that may be one reason a modern grand has three legs.
If it doesn't rock, how can you tell?


Ron N