That type of bass stringing is a particularly Broadwood trait from late 19th century. The windings going through the bridge pins, I suspect, is to avoid the plain section on the speaking length before it reaches the bridge which can create it's own frequency and has a very high non harmonic partial. The felt wrapping is so that the string can render more easily through the bridge when tuning. I have seen this arrangement many times on straight strung Broadwoods. I mentioned this a couple years ago, but no one seemed to notice except one subscriber who wanted photographic evidence. Well here it is. AF ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Jacques Hébert Granas" <concordia_salus@wp.pl> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:19 AM Subject: Strange bridge > Hello one and all, > > Havn't posted here in a very long time. Regards to everyone. > Just thought I would send you all a picture of the strangest bridge > arrangement > I have ever seen. The angles of the two bridges relative to one another > are most > puzzling. Can't figure out its placement, whether its an upright or a > grand, and > especially the function of the funny felt sleeves on the bass strings. > Anyone > care to enlighten me? > > Peace, > > Jean-Jacques Granas > Warsaw >
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