[Files] Worst bass bridge placement ever

Ron Nossaman rnossaman@cox.net
Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:24:43 -0500


> I came across this very short Niendorf grand piano (approx. 140 cm long,
> made in Germany in 1929/30). The bass bridge seems placed in such a  way 
> that
> it hinders any movement of the soundboard. And the hitchpin string  lengths
> are as short as they could get!
> I wonder how Del or Ron or anybody else would redesign this piano to  
> make it
> sound in the bass at least halfways decent. To me it looks prettu much
> impossible to make it work :-)
> 
> 
> Calin Tantareanu


There's not much to work with. It would never be a Prince, just a 
kissed frog.
Ron N

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