>2. All of the classes I've attended that deal with bridge construction >emphasize the importance of maximum contact between bridge and soundboard, >and yet this design relies on transmitting the bridge vibrations through >11 dowels - that doesn't add up to a whole lot of surface area. Why would >this have been considered to be a superior (or even viable) design? There's no reason it wouldn't be viable. A bridge can push a soundboard (and that's what it does) with 11 dowels just as well as it can over a wide footprint. It's not a matter of square inches of contact. It's a matter of solid connection. >4. I took pictures of the piano, bridge, etc. because it was interesting >to me - is this piano enough of an oddity that it might be worth >submitting to the Journal? I think so. I'd sure like to see them. Ron N
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