As have I, Dale. It doesn't change the net conditions, but offers a higher percentage of the net at the front than the rear for a variety of reasons. Paul -----Original Message----- From: erwinspiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 9:18 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Downbearing ?I surmise that this insurance...for? maintaining positve bearing at the front pin over time?even as the soundboard crown disappears. I use the same slope in my own practice. ?Dale FWIW Since I've been taking off bridge caps in one piece I've noticed that (at least on Steinways) the bridge cap is almost always thicker in the front by about 1 mm than in the back. That's with the bridge body being equal height front to back which suggests that someone was targeting erring on the side of positive front bearing even if front and back were not equal. That would also agree with pre teardown measurements. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:39 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Downbearing > While equal front/back bearing is a good goal, I'd say more important is > that the front has positive bearing. A slight favoring of the front of the > bridge as a hedge against ending up with a back positive and front negative > is, in my view, the prudent approach. > > David Love Definitely. Ron N Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081123/f9edf02b/attachment.html>
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