Stephen, As a person uneducated in piano design, I'd like to respond anyway. First, almost no one is making spinets anymore, and I for one say good riddance. Why would you want to bring them back in any form? Second, I think you're going to have a tough time designing a working action for your bass section. Third, is there actually *any* kind of upright 68" wide? I have my doubts. Regards, Clyde Stephen Airy wrote: > ok... so I'm an absolutely horrid artist, but how's this for making > bass/tenor strings longer and being able to put plain wire trichords lower > in a spinet? basically, the bass would be at a fairly acute angle, with > the bridge running almost vertical, instead of diagonal, and there would > be a separate upper bass bridge with several plain-wire trichords. The > tenor strings, would be greatly fanned out in the first octave or two. > > Or... does anyone have any better ideas for that size piano? Ok.. I know > spinets normally aren't 68 inches wide, but I figured if I made a spinet > as wide as some older uprights are (that had the extra wide keyblocks at > each end) I would have a little more room.
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