<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></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> July 15, 2003 10:00 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Undercut = bridges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>What do you think explains the response that (Ed Foote? don't = remember who it was exactly) got when he placed some wedges between the = gaps and board and reported an appreciable loss of "tone".  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>I = don't attempt to explain phenomena such as this unless I am there to observe the = experiment. There are way too many variables to make flat cause and effect = statements. How big was the wedge? What was it made out of? Where was it placed? How = much distortion did it cause? Were all of the glue joints tight? What was the = condition of the soundboard? Did it have crown? Did it have string = bearing? What was the overall condition of the bridge? What part of the spectrum was = affected? What is meant by "loss of tone?" Etc.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>