<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> May 19, 2003 8:25 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bass String Length = Equality</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>Comments below:</FONT></DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- <DIV>From: "Ron Nossaman" <<A href="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</A>></DIV> <DIV>To: "Pianotech" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></DIV> <DIV>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:17 AM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Re: Bass String Length Equality</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>> <BR>> >I am redoing an upright. I have notched the new = bass bridge in the bicord <BR>> >area. However, the pinned-cast-iron = upper termination is in a horizontal <BR>> >line, whereas the strings = are at a fair angle - hence, the left string of <BR>> >each bicord is a = few millimeters longer than the right string. I should <BR>> >think = it fair to assume then that redoing this upper termination to <BR>> = >produce equal string lengths would be of some benefit.<BR>> <BR>> Didn't = you make the notches parallel to the top bridge, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>I knew I should have sent this to you/Del = privately. Egg on my face. Amazing what you can learn by just rebuilding one = piano. Amazing what you did not know while rebuilding it. Amazing what seemed = like the only way to do it, later seems so obviously = stupid.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>No, I did not make the notches parallel to = the top bridge. Indeed, would seem to be the logical thing to do. Ahh, hindsight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>> or did you notch <BR>> perpendicular to the = strings?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#800080>I'll give you one guess. Let's see how = bright you really are!</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080>Just how much variation in speaking = length are we talking about here?</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#800080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT color=#000080 = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>