[pianotech] Modified L Scale with 5 note transition

[Greg Newell]

Ron N wrote:
Re: There's still plenty to learn, and gobs of variables. I'd love to get to
do five in a row of the same model of something, so I could get some side by
side comparisons without having to rely so much on faulty two or eight year
old memory to try incremental changes. Answers could come a lot faster if so
much time wasn't spent making a living.

... isn't that what government grants are for? While offered somewhat
jokingly ... why not? It seems that our government has supported research on
other things in the past. Why not this?

Greg Newell
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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 1:39 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Modified L Scale with 5 note transition

David Love wrote:
> Also, based on your chart and having seen previous iterations of your 
> work my transitions look a bit different than yours.  Attached are 
> some photos of some modified bridges with transition.  One is a B the
other one is an L.
> I'm creating a small modification on these in order to accommodate a 
> transition that doesn't play with the strike point that much and 
> involves adding less "stuff" at the end of the long bridge.  Both use 
> the end segment of the original bridge (why waste) cut and added back 
> as the transition.  On the L pictured the original bass bridge is used 
> but the cantilever is shortened to give a bit more backscale length.  
> The B has 7 notes on the transition, the L has 5.  It does allow for 
> getting a smoother transition with tension and Z while having to make 
> only a small compromise in the inharmonicity through the transition
section.
> 
> David Love

I don't worry that much about the strike point that low in the scale. It
does affect tone quality, but I'm not sure where the trade off is. I haven't
found it to be problematic. There's still plenty to learn, and gobs of
variables. I'd love to get to do five in a row of the same model of
something, so I could get some side by side comparisons without having to
rely so much on faulty two or eight year old memory to try incremental
changes. Answers could come a lot faster if so much time wasn't spent making
a living.