<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Okay, I will go into it a bit.  This is not a = great piano and the project requires keeping costs to a reasonable minimum.  = The tenor bridge has more than adequate bearing down to about note 35, then  = the bridge starts to dive a bit so that the bottom of the tenor bridge has = minimal bearing except when you factor in the tied string problem.  The = board has minimal crown.  The bass bridge already has way too much bearing = and I'm building up the rest area in front of the hitch pin = by a fair amount to offset this.  I don't really want to reset the plate if I = don't have to.   So, as I stated in my post to Jon Page's = response.  What is the better compromise.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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=pianobuilders@olynet.com href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 17, 2002 8:10 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Single Strings and = bearing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>In this case I think I'd look into dropping = the tail of the plate just a bit. I would like to see a bit of string bearing = down there. Be sure you don't overload the bass bridge, = though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></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=davidlovepianos@earthlink.net href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">David Love</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> June 16, 2002 12:04 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Single Strings and bearing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm adding some single strings (6) to the = lower part of the tenor section of a piano to smooth out the scaling.  The = bearing is minimal at the bottom of the tenor bridge and the singles with = their wrap actually put those strings slightly negative.  Would you be = concerned about those singles and therefore opt to compromise the scaling and = omit them keeping a no singles pattern?  Or will they likely not be = a problem since they won't change the overall pressure on the bridge = that much.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>