<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Non-overstrung pianos (was Re: Rippen opinions, = please</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=306191920-08062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>A friend of mine who believes in the straight bridge, like to build a = modern banana piano , he say he design an "uncrossed strung" piano (don't = know if that make sense in English)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=306191920-08062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=306191920-08062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2>Interesting to  to see the efforts to have a lenticular = soundboard, straight bridge AND straight strike line.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Isaac OLEG<BR><BR>Entretien et réparation de pianos.<BR><BR>PianoTech<BR>17 rue de Choisy<BR>94400 VITRY sur SEINE<BR>FRANCE<BR>tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98<BR>fax : 033 01 47 18 06 = 90<BR>cell: 06 60 42 58 77 </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>De la = part de</B> Keith McGavern<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> dimanche 8 juin = 2003 21:23<BR><B>À :</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Objet :</B> = Non-overstrung pianos (was Re: Rippen opinions, please!<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV>At 8:41 PM +0200 6/8/03, Richard Brekne wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Or should we just use<I><B> non-overstrung piano = having all strings in a single, more-or-less-flat plane</B></I>. Seems a bit cumbersome. I'll stick with<I><B> flat strung</B></I>.</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000000>I propose a completely different term... one that I think clearly = exhasperates upon us its reasonablness.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000000><I><B>Fanned Strung</B></I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Del, Richard,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>If it were a matter of establishing terminology to supposedly = eliminate confusion in the piano industry, non-overstrung would simply be the = best description, no ifs and or buts. It embraces all of the = following:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Straight strung</DIV> <DIV>Flat strung</DIV> <DIV>Fanned strung</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>And other than comprising more syllables and a hyphen, it seems = hardly less inconvenient to use.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Keith McGavern</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>(Straight strung works for me until Council decides = otherwise  :-)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>