A tenor bridge conversion

[alan forsyth]

It may be cutting corners but I can think of much more effective ways of cutting costs in terms of piano design such as doing away with the fallboard for a start. That would save a lot more in cost than a few extra wound strings. Doing away with the sliding music desk...... I notice that the Yamaha A1 just does with a board attached to the rear of the stretcher. Does a piano really need castors? I hear some screaming out " how are we supposed to move it then?" You're not supposed to move it silly; once in situ, there it stays. I've never seen an organ with castors. Design the piano as an instrument and not as a piece of furniture. 

I really do think they stick to the long bridge design because to them it SOUNDS BETTER and besides there are tuners out there who need the work should the piano prove to have instability in tuning; not all places in the world or home environments have wildly fluctuating climatic conditions.

Just trying to reason on behalf of the silent manufacturers who never seem to come up with answers to our questions......and we know they are lurking on the list.

AF
(Now working on my design for a one legged piano)

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Farrell 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:23 AM
  Subject: Re: A tenor bridge conversion


  "As to why the manufacturers did it their way, I can only assume that it was to keep the harmonics in line as far down the scale as was possible."

  Boy, do you really think that is the reason? Isn't there some tiny chance that it's CHEAPER - as in cutting corners?
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