Bridge Doglegs, was: Spreadsheet info / Jason Kanter

[Ron Nossaman]

> If memory serves, the notion that the bridge should not be "doglegged" 
> comes from the philosophy holding that sound needs to travel unimpeded 
> back and forth throughout the interior of the bridge. For more on this 
> see Wm Braid White's book, /Theory and Practice of Pianoforte Building/, 
> 1906.
> 
> I believe it was also White that wrote about the need to reduce the 
> width of the bridge at the glue joint to allow the surface of the 
> soundboard to more freely "undulate."
> 
> Del

Again, according to White, the bass bridge must invariably be 
connected to the other bridge(s). He also warned against too 
many ribs weighting the board down and deadening it's power of 
molecular and undulatory vibration. Apparently, second 
guessing what the little molecules are thinking isn't anything 
new either.

I seem to be doing everything wrong.
Ron N