<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type = content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</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> Saturday, July 31, 2004 = 7:29 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Hamamatsu Museum = of Instruments</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Calin. <BR><BR>I really dont see there is any physical impediment = to making the surface area of the bridge wider so that a longer segment = of the string comes in contact with the bridge anywhere along its length. = Unless you are saying that the speaking length of the string required the front = notch to be where it is, and the lack of  a dogleg then forces a shorter = contact segment ?  That would make sense I suppose... so then, you are = saying they did this to avoid using a dogleg in the bridge itself ?... Ok.. = :) whats the benifit of avoiding the dogleg then ?<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's exactly what I mean. They wanted = to keep a constant bridge width, so they shortened the segments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can't really say if there's a benefit = in avoiding doglegs, but I have noticed that the shape of the bridge base - was a = constant preoccupation at Steinway. I have a model O where the bridge base has = been undercut a lot along its length, not just only in the treble (where = almost every manufacturer does it).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It looks though like they tried to = give the bridge a certain footprint because they wanted it to touch the = soundboard at particular places. Haven't really looked into this and = since I'm leaving tomorrow for a month to Berlin, I will study my Steinway when I = get back home.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------</FONT></D= IV> <DIV><BR><BR> </DIV></BODY></HTML>