This was what I heard from a piano tuner in Paris who asked Mr.
Paulello about it. There may be something lost in translation, but I
just assume anything that adds stress to the board inhibits the
movement of the board. If you have no downbearing, no mass and no
tension sideways, the board moves more freely, doesn't it? (Of course
that is not realistic.)<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ron Nossaman</b> <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>> Yes, the string bearing is reversed, but the concept behind is that you<br>> don't have tension sideways on the bridge, which helps the soundboard<br>> vibrate more freely.<br>><br>> Yoshi<br><br><br>
And how does that work? In my world, the soundboard isn't<br>changed by the string termination at the bridge, and will<br>vibrate pretty much the same with either system. The real<br>difference is in the mass on the bridge which, if anything,
<br>will impede the vibrational freedom (amplitude, in this case)<br>of the soundboard assembly by lowering it's resonant<br>frequency, increasing it's mechanical impedance, and extending<br>sustain.<br>Ron N<br></blockquote>
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