----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: September 14, 2002 7:41 AM Subject: Re: The Steinway Bell Patent > > >One of the functions of the nosebolt--probably their most important > >function--is to couple the plate to some belly structure and prevent it > >(the plate) from vibrating. The bell/bolt arrangement is simply another > >form of nosebolt. > > > >Del > > > And in an area where the piano would have likely benefited from a beam to > the belly rail anyway. > > Ron N And in an area where the piano would have certainly been better off with a beam to the belly rail anyway. I can't see how the bell/bolt arrangement is any better than a beam and it does nothing to stabilize the bellyrail. Del
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