<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On most (all?) modern pianos, the = mid and upper treble strings are roughly parallel to one another. However, in = the tenor, and more-so in the lower tenor, the strings are spaced much further = apart over the bridge than they are up near the forward speaking length termination.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why? I ask that especially because I = have heard much talk of design/performance concerns about the low end of the long = bridge being too close to the rim - why not just lessen the string spacing and = have the long bridge end further from the rim?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry = Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>