<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Yes a very significant bridge body. Not wider than is usual but.........</font> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> It was much taller on the ends than in the middle. The treble end must have been 45 mm or 50 mm tall. Don't recall for sure. A very <u>beefy </u></font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> sounding 5 ft 6 inch piano. </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">(another </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">descriptive</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> word for Jim ;)</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">and Lively too. The aggregate rib height of top and bottom ribs was about 24 mm.short cut-off bar.<br> </font><br> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 6:53 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Belly talk<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_e2d5fcbd-78b0-45ae-8440-730ac871bf26"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">That appears to be some massive bridge on that things.  How tall is it?</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">David Love</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com" target="_blank">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale Erwin<br> <b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 30, 2012 6:07 PM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Belly talk</span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><img width="275" height="206" id="TIE.302925" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CDD122.C1339990" alt="Julius Bauer belly rail crown.jpg"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Jim </span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> Something like this then? 5ft 8 Julius Bauer.  It is very intentionally double crowned... as its called. FWIW...this turned out to be a big sounding parlor sized piano. Trixs cousin bought it so I still get to visit. ;)</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">   If memory serves there was a 15 mm crown along the belly rail. Click on the attachment for a better view</span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Dale Erwin R.P.T.</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> <br> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> </div> <div> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_e99e36e9-8e40-4b99-912d-643ad7a01276"><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:darkgreen"> </span></tt><tt><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:">David,</span><span style="color:navy"></span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">No we're not talking about the same thing.</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><b><span style="color:navy">  </span><span style="color:crimson"> Viewed from the </span></b></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><b><span style="color:crimson">front of the bellyrail, there is a crown, meaning the bellyrail bows </span></b></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><b><span style="color:crimson">upwards forming a crown. In this small piano there is a full 11mm </span></b></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><b><span style="color:crimson">difference between the height of the bellyrail at the center and the </span></b></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><b><span style="color:crimson">height at the ends.</span></b><span style="color:navy"></span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">The same with the curved side and on this one, the back of the long side </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">as well. If you could see through the outer rim to the top surface of </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">the inner rim, these portions also are somewhat serpentine. They, are </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">not in a flat plane, helping to create what has been referred to as the" </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">the most important crown in the piano", ie the "crown along the length </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">of the long bridge.</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">I don't agree with this obviously shaping, but that's the condition I'm </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">referring to.</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">Jim Ialeggio</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">-- </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">Jim Ialeggio   </span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"><a href="mailto:jim@grandpianosolutions.com"><span style="color:black">jim@grandpianosolutions.com</span></a></span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">978 425-9026</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy">Shirley Center, MA</span></tt></pre><pre style="background:white"><tt><span style="color:navy"> </span></tt></pre></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>