<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=macintosh"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the bridge layout of one of those Nieumeyer uprights. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003501c81839$423d8670$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano had a tremendous bass, the full throbbing type: I like my bass to throb!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Interesting was the bass cutoff. The soundboard area was actually very small percentage wise compared with the size of the piano and other uprights.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003601c81839$423d8670$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately I was unable to rescue this piano from the Antiques Mafia who had it shipped off to Palermo in Italy.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "John Delacour" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:JD@Pianomaker.co.uk"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>JD@Pianomaker.co.uk</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 7:40 PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: RE: 3 layer overstrung piano</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> At 17:48 -0700 25/10/07, you wrote:<BR>> <BR>>>I don't suppose you can come up with another picture of that lowest <BR>>>(mono-chord) bass bridge....<BR>>><BR>>>Del<BR>>><BR>>>(PS. At least Niemeyer didn't run any of the wrapped strings through <BR>>>another bridge as did our old friend, Wm. Knabe.)<BR>> <BR>> I have seen Neumeyer uprights with FIVE different string planes!<BR>> <BR>> "Double overstrung" pianos were made by quite a few German and <BR>> English makers, but the most interesting DOS I have see was made by <BR>> the Danish firm of Petersen, who had only one bass bridge from which <BR>> square steel pillars rose, slotted at an angle for the string <BR>> termination.  The lowest 10 strings ran through taller pillars on the <BR>> right-hand side of the bridge.  This piano was 4'9" long and the <BR>> power and quality of the bass was astonishing.  The piano is not far <BR>> away and I'd take some pictures if it werent for the fact that the <BR>> client is a pain in the butt and would be wanting to have this and <BR>> that made better.<BR>> <BR>> JD<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>