David,<br> <br> Is this the recent version of Schiedmayer (sp.?) built by Kawai within the last 20 years, or the older German variety?  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl, RPT<br> <br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> 650-224-3560<br> dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br> http://dstahlpiano.net/<br> <br> <br> </div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 8:29 pm<br> Subject: Schiedmeier Pianos and under bridge structure<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_0_101e986f-360b-44f4-a7df-b37a12fdd5ce style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT> Tuned a Schiedmeier piano today (7'grand) and decided, as is my tendency, to crawl under and examine the belly. There was a duplicate bridge structure, about the same height, that ran the entire length of the long bridge (sorry no picture), attached to the soundboard directly underneath the topside bridge. There were cutouts along the length to allow the ribs to pass through untouched. It is obviously, for mass loading, at least. The piano has fabulous sustain and clarity and I'd be curious to know if any other pianos or piano designers employ such a structure or see the benefit of doing so. The structure, btw, did not exist underneath the bass bridge. David Love <A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</A> <A href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target=_blank>www.davidlovepianos.com</A> </TT></PRE></div> <div class="AOLPromoFooter"> <hr style="margin-top:10px;" /> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at <a href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000437" target="_blank"><b>AOL.com</b></a>.<br /> </div>