<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No pics that I can see.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there ribs on both sides of the board?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Will you be duplicating the original?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gene</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 02, 2008 7:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The 1893 Julius Bauer</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Hi All<BR>  Dennis & I finally tore down the  Julius Bauer 6 ft. A truly amazing piece of engineering from antiquity. I have such respect for this man. Analyzing his pianos sound board system & how it is constructed is truly fascinating. I consider him as much a pioneer (wild man) as Jonas Chickering.  Out side the box<BR>   The entire soundboard system <U>is not</U> attached to the case but to the massive plate.  The plate in turn is fastened/screwed to the case...... The board & belly rail are one unit & is attached to the case  only by pivot a screw on each side. As seen in picture 2 the keybed is removed,held in place by dowels & screws, yet un-glued. The beautiful maple belly rail is not attached to the keybed when assembled but is separated from it by only a mm gap. In  picture 2 imagine lifting up on the back of the sound board. It moves & sits only on a block attached to the case.<BR>  The sound boards laminated oak liner captures the edge of the soundboard firmly around it's perimeter & because of the Julius design it forces crown in to the board both across the grain as usual but significantly along the grain as well. The entire structure displays a real dished looking shape. This is seen  by the overall view in picture 4 & by viewing the head on picture of the belly rail. Stretching a string along the belly rail reveals a massive 15 mm of crown deflection from bass to treble.<BR>  Also the treble & bass ends of the bridge rise to stay in the string plane as the board takes a dive due to the crown enhancement features of this design.<BR>  It's a huge bridge. The result in mass will increase impedance/sustain. The bridge itself is over 2 inches tall at the treble end & 1 & 13/16 th  in the middle.  It is close to 2 inches tall in the bass. This tall bridge structure appears to build in a great deal of soundboard stiffness much like a beam.<BR>  It has a Wessel nickel & gross action. The case is a beautiful Walnut veneer.<BR>  I have many pictures from the bottom side as well I can post later.  It has a straight short bass cut-off bar & no support beams. It doesn't need them.<BR>  We will probably display this novel & intriguing piano when completed <BR>   Dale Erwin<BR>  Double Clicking on the picture should enlarge them for better viewing. I'm using a new format & the learning curve is still......goin on<BR> <BR>  <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItornCaE0dYrNOv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D"><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP864720 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItornCaE0dYrNOv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_00d19b9c-8f39-476a-a500-5486e381498b> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=envelope style="FLOAT: none" align=left></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItokbZniez7KHjv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP540320 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItokbZniez7KHjv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItonYXHf71BMOev4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP303910 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItonYXHf71BMOev4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItovar5BGOMqZVv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP421748 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItovar5BGOMqZVv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItouYpOfMecbhWv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP237943 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItouYpOfMecbhWv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV><A style="DISPLAY: block; WIDTH: 285px; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItotFgq6KZ16Rjv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><IMG class=AOLInlineImage id=AOLP920771 title="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #0066cc 1px solid; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 5px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-LEFT: #0066cc 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px solid" height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItotFgq6KZ16Rjv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275> <DIV class=AOLPicturesFullSizeLink style="MARGIN-TOP: -6px; FONT-SIZE: 11px; TEXT-ALIGN: right">View full size</DIV></A></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA4A8ABB1CF7B6-E2C-301><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Supercharge your AIM. 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