<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Alan, thanks for the = picts.   Wow it is still in service.  You said used in = Edinburgh<= b> Festival.  Does = that indicate the thriftiness in the Scotch or Scottish people? (what’s the = right word?) .      I can say that because my last = name, Moody, I think may be Scottish. I can’t find a coat of arms = though.  I may have Scotch in my blood, I bet a lot of people have no doubt about = that but they are thinking Cutty Sark<fo= nt face=Arial>.  =   Oorbeek says “moody” means out of tune in the Dutch language.  I think he is pulling my leg.  There are a lot of double “o’s” in names = from the Netherlands<strong= > so he might be telling = the truth.  : )   I suppose a lot of people came over with = Anne and William of Orange<= font face=Arial>.  Can Moody be a = Dutch name?   My ancestors came to the = US<font= face=Arial> in 1763 with a grant = from George III. =             &= nbsp;----ric   (the obstreperous)      =   -----Original = Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Forsyth Sent: Tuesday, April 05, = 2005 3:55 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Strange = bridge   <div> Hmmm, my goodness, we are = becoming an obstreperous bunch of sceptics lately = :-) </div> <div>   </div> <div> I know because my mentors = knew from their mentors. We come across many of these instruments that are in = their original state. </div> <div>   </div> <div> Here is a photo of = Broadwood no J7024 which I assume is circa 1870, in it's original state except one = bass single has been replaced. All the bass section has the windings going = through the bridge and the monochords have their booties = on. </div> <div>   </div> <div> <img = width=408 height=264 src="cid:image001.jpg@01C53B07.DCECE650" align=baseline = border=0> </div> <div>   </div> <div> Here is a picture of the = same piano at the other end. You can see that the bass only has 3 sets of bichords = and from there up to the break it is all wound trichords, which I referred = to earlier as the easiest wound trichords to tune that I have come across. = Notice also the bass soundboard cutoff bar. This piano by the way has those = dreaded threaded pins, and to add insult to injury, they are = oblong. </div> <div> <img width=416 height=286 src="cid:image002.jpg@01C53B07.DCECE650" align=baseline = border=0> </div> <div>   </div> <div> This piano is still used = regularly at the Edinburgh Festival and in recordings. Now, don't ask me how I = know that! (Hint; because I have to tune the bloody = thing) </div> <div>   </div> <div> AF</strong= > </div> <div>   </div> <div>   </div> </div> </body> </html>