This certainly appears to be a mis-pinned bridge. The bridge pin line is not square to the notch edge, nor is the string 90 degrees to the bridge pin line. I can't see the agraffes. This is in some styles (viz Steinway C) a designed element. If this is not a designed element, it is an accidental element, false beating issues aside, and my opinion is that it would bear a re-patterning of the bridge scale. Paul In a message dated 2/3/2011 9:01:43 P.M. Central Standard Time, tune-repair at allegiance.tv writes: On Feb 3, 2011, at 8:51 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > The unequal speaking lengths aren't the cause of the false beats > That's a "feature" to try to make the dead killer octave area more lively Sorry, Ron, of my error in explanation. I do remember when there was a time when some bridge pins were intentionally offset for what you say, but the chiseled area of the bridge also followed suit. In this situation the chiseled area does not, and is clearly off. The side bearing point of contact and the down bearing point of contact do not intersect together. Keith Keith -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110203/79df01e7/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 70306 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110203/79df01e7/attachment-0001.jpeg>
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