<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello List - is this a new topic? = Surely not! Well, I'll charge on regardless.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piano Make:  = Broadwood</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Type: Grand</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Length: 132cm</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Number: 251233 (c.1933)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Action: what we call "Simplex" - or "D" = - no Rollers or Levers - loop&spring + set-off button.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>7 1/4 8ve.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bass bridge: This has one = single pin to each covered string.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Main bridge: At the treble break and = top break it is relieved to allow for a fuller plate bar.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is the problem area! At both = breaks the back-scale bridge pin has broken away the bridge - due to the paucity of = bridge material to keep it in place. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This has no tonal affect!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question. Are two bridge pins really necessary?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Over to you, List!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>p.s.Great concert at the RFH, London = this morning - for children. My old friends the LPO playing.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>