<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Stéphane Collin<BR><B>Sent:</B> January 25, 2005 4:34 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: String Spacing on = Bridge<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Terry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Isn't it simply because in lower = tenor the strings deviate much more from rest position, and they would touch = each other and buzz on a hard blow ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.<SPAN class=875113116-25012005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=875113116-25012005> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=875113116-25012005>This may be the thinking but, if so, it = is not really an issue. This is not even a problem with pianos such as the old Chickering flat-strung pianos with converging = strings.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=875113116-25012005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=875113116-25012005>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>