Rick, The longer the tails, the more ring there will be. William PIANO BOUTIQUE William Benjamin Piano Tuner Extraordinaire www.pianoboutique.biz The tuner alone, preserves the tone. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ric Brekne Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 6:56 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Downbearing? Hi folks Another little bit that has dawned on me whilst pushing numbers around is that you can actually lower the amount of downwards pressure on the bridge for same string tension by lengthening the backscale. Interesting I thought. What would the tradeoffs be comparing higher tensioned scales coupled with lower downward force levels visa vi lower tensioned scales with higher downward force levels ? querrie'n RicB
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