<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hmmm, my goodness, we are becoming an = obstreperous bunch of sceptics lately :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I know because my mentors knew from = their mentors. We come across many of these instruments that are in their original state.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Here is a photo of Broadwood no J7024 = which I assume is circa 1870, in it's original state except one bass single has = been replaced. All the bass section has the windings going through the bridge = and the monochords have their booties on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003f01c539bd$2bcaf290$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Here is a picture of the same piano at = the other end. You can see that the bass only has 3 sets of bichords and from = there up to the break it is all wound trichords, which I referred to earlier as the = easiest wound trichords to tune that I have come across. Notice also the bass = soundboard cutoff bar. This piano by the way has those dreaded threaded pins, and = to add insult to injury, they are oblong.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="cid:004001c539bd$2bcd3c80$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This piano is still used regularly at = the Edinburgh Festival and in recordings. Now, don't ask me how I know that! = (Hint; because I have to tune the bloody thing)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>From: "Richard Moody" = <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>remoody@midstatesd.net</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>To: "'Pianotech'" <</FONT></STRONG><A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:46 AM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Subject: RE: Strange = bridge</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> = From: </FONT></STRONG><A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>> Of = Alan Forsyth<BR>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:07 AM<BR>> To: Pianotech<BR>> Subject: Re: Strange bridge<BR>> <BR>> Alan = wrote.... about felt in bass strings through the bridge. <BR>> "this is how = they were done at the factory at the time, and all <BR>> rebuilders actually = duplicate it when the time comes for restringing."<BR>> <BR>> I would like = to know how you know that.  And what year piano we are talking<BR>> about?      Richard Moody<BR>> <BR>> = <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>