<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got a good photo on my first day = lugging my camera around with me! This is for those that might think a transition bridge = is only to be found on high-end 100+ year-old pianos and high-performance recently-redesigned pianos. The photo below  is of a 1962 = Cable spinet (please ignore the cockroach crap).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And of course, some clown is going to = ask - "yeah, but how did it sound?" Silly question. I would describe the = transition from plain wire to bass section as a two-step, less-bad, than some = spinets. Somehow I don't think the less-than-perfect transition is the fault of = the three-bridge design. Likely other factors involved. (Like maybe a = soundboard made of rec-room-wall paneling?) You can bet your bottom dollar = that a hockey stick design was tried first - that must have worked really = well for them to justify spending $17 (or whatever) extra dollars on EVERY piano = they built to incorporate this three bridge design! (Check out the nice, = even, pinning on that little bridge!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000701c4e8f9$20f22f60$fbb62341@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV></BODY></HTML>