Hamamatsu Museum of Instruments

[Richard Brekne]

Calin Tantareanu wrote:

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>     *From:* Richard Brekne <mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
>     *To:* Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, July 31, 2004 7:29 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: Hamamatsu Museum of Instruments
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>     Calin.
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>     I really dont see there is any physical impediment to making the
>     surface area of the bridge wider so that a longer segment of the
>     string comes in contact with the bridge anywhere along its length.
>     Unless you are saying that the speaking length of the string
>     required the front notch to be where it is, and the lack of  a
>     dogleg then forces a shorter contact segment ?  That would make
>     sense I suppose... so then, you are saying they did this to avoid
>     using a dogleg in the bridge itself ?... Ok.. :) whats the benifit
>     of avoiding the dogleg then ?
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>     Cheers
>     RicB
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> That's exactly what I mean. They wanted to keep a constant bridge 
> width, so they shortened the segments.
> I can't really say if there's a benefit in avoiding doglegs, but I 
> have noticed that the shape of the bridge base - was a constant 
> preoccupation at Steinway. I have a model O where the bridge base has 
> been undercut a lot along its length, not just only in the treble 
> (where almost every manufacturer does it).

Yep.. got that from Ron O's replies. Didnt quite understand thats what 
you were saying at first.

> --It looks though like they tried to give the bridge a 
> certain footprint because they wanted it to touch the soundboard at 
> particular places.--

This sounds familiar actually. The talk that Steingræber gave in 
Helsinki comes to mind.. tho he was more refereing to how and why he 
went about soundboard thining around the edges and along the bridge 
itself.  Still... rings a bell a bit.  Well well.. obviously they had 
something in mind. 

> Haven't really looked into this and since I'm leaving tomorrow for a 
> month to Berlin, I will study my Steinway when I get back home.

Have a good trip there Calin.. Cheers
RicB

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