> What about the struts? Does it add any stress there? Probably some, because of the torque leverage, but I doubt it's cause for concern. >I have an older > Steinway in the shop and the bridge is so darn low (about 23 mm in the > treble) that I'm considering both raising the plate by installing a thicker > pinblock plus I might have to take a bit off the underside of the uppermost > strut where the bridge crosses under (a couple of mm's) to get the bridge > height up and still have clearance. Is that likely to create a structural > weakness? > > David Love The relationship of the bridge top to the struts should be unchanged. Raising the plate end to accommodate a thicker bridge should leave you pretty much where you started - only taller. How are the string heights? I find a lot of Steinways with the high treble about 5mm lower than the rest of the tenor, and the treble bridge awfully short. If there's room, I try to level up the string height some and make the bridge to accommodate it. Ron N
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