<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1491" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Verdana Ref; } @font-face { font-family: Comic Sans MS; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana Ref"><FONT = color=#000000 size=3>Is someone suggesting that</FONT> <FONT size=3><EM>“rear = notching helps ensure the string touches the speaking notch (front notch) of the bridge = before it makes contact with the hitch pin side (rear notch)”</EM><FONT = color=#000000>? That makes no sense to me. I do not believe that a rear notch would have = any effect on the performance characteristics of the front notch. </FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">You are correct to say that = "</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana Ref" = size=3><EM>If it touches the rear first it will ride off the front  notch and up the = bridge pin and most likely be detrimental to tone</EM>" </FONT><FONT = face="Verdana Ref" color=#000000 size=3>- or at least the geometry will be there for = that tendency - the front bridge pin will tent to keep it in place - but yeah, you are = right that you don't want that arrangement.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana = Ref" color=#000000 size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana = Ref" color=#000000 size=3>But what has that to do with rear notching?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana = Ref" color=#000000 size=3></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2><FONT face="Verdana = Ref" color=#000000 size=3>Happy to send you photos. What is it you = are looking for and where to send?</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Verdana Ref">Terry Farrell</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=remoody@midstatesd.net = href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net">Richard Moody</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> Monday, March 28, 2005 = 1:21 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> front and rear bridge notching</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any = comments on “rear notching helps ensure the string touches the speaking notch (front = notch) of the bridge before it makes contact with the hitch pin side (rear = notch)”  If it touches the rear first it will ride off the front  notch = and up the bridge pin and most likely be detrimental to tone.” = </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">More photos = of this piano would be welcome esp on pnotecEdlsit. </SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">-ric      <A = href="http://www.pnotec.com/edlist.html">www.pnotec.com/edlist.html</A>= </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>