Speaking of cutoff bars and such..... I ran into a Bluthner Upright overdamper in quite immaculate condition inside... I hope to be able to purchase this instrument.... I am sure you'd like a gander at this soundboard / bridge arrangment if you havn't already run into it. I'll see if I can go back and get a few shots if the owner doenst want to sell. RicB Ron Nossaman wrote: > >Yes. What about them? What I really was getting at is that many pianos > >have no cut off bars or any other structure to limit the size of the > >soundboard. Such as the upright having all that floppy space below the > >high treble end of the bridge, where the grand is cut out by the curved > >case. In this particular case, the upright has an original cut-off bar and > >the grand has no cut-off bar. > > > >Terry Farrell > > It's great, isn't it? Two of the most touted sales features - large > soundboard area and longest possible A-0 speaking length - are both > actually counterproductive to performance. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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