Yes a very significant bridge body. Not wider than is usual but......... It was much taller on the ends than in the middle. The treble end must have been 45 mm or 50 mm tall. Don't recall for sure. A very beefy sounding 5 ft 6 inch piano. (another descriptive word for Jim ;) and Lively too. The aggregate rib height of top and bottom ribs was about 24 mm.short cut-off bar. Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos www.Erwinspiano.com Phone: 209-577-8397 -----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 6:53 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Belly talk That appears to be some massive bridge on that things. How tall is it? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 6:07 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Belly talk Jim Something like this then? 5ft 8 Julius Bauer. It is very intentionally double crowned... as its called. FWIW...this turned out to be a big sounding parlor sized piano. Trixs cousin bought it so I still get to visit. ;) If memory serves there was a 15 mm crown along the belly rail. Click on the attachment for a better view Dale Erwin R.P.T. David, No we're not talking about the same thing. Viewed from the front of the bellyrail, there is a crown, meaning the bellyrail bows upwards forming a crown. In this small piano there is a full 11mm difference between the height of the bellyrail at the center and the height at the ends. The same with the curved side and on this one, the back of the long side as well. If you could see through the outer rim to the top surface of the inner rim, these portions also are somewhat serpentine. They, are not in a flat plane, helping to create what has been referred to as the" the most important crown in the piano", ie the "crown along the length of the long bridge. I don't agree with this obviously shaping, but that's the condition I'm referring to. Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121203/8db30f24/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 11746 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121203/8db30f24/attachment-0001.jpeg>
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