<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Dale.<br> <br> This was not a D, at least I am pretty sure I remember this being a C.  I will make sure and double check when I go back for the masters course in October. I did check the two B's at the school and they were different. The notch width on the leading edge of the bridge in both cases was very short compared to the back edge in the diskant, and in the treble section both widths were about the same. Also both B's had no really obvious difference in the width of the section that comes in contact with the strings.  But in this 1911 S&S in the Museum the change in widths both in how much of the bridge is in contact with the bridge, and in the widths of the notch sections was very obvious. For some reason struck me as something I hadnt seen (more probably... noticed) before. Heres another shot of the instrument.  They had another older Steinway in primo shape as well... a B I think from the late 1800's. I'll post a couple shots later on tonite.<br> <br> Cheers<br> RicB<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid30.5c872c15.2e3bcf39@aol.com" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"> <div> <div>In a message dated 7/30/2004 4:16:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no</a> writes:</div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2">Well, like I said its probably old stuff for many of you. Seemed to be <br> really pronounced tho in this piano, and I cant say I've noticed it <br> before... at least not this much. The width of the contact area varied <br> quite a bit... even more then the picture shows, and the width of the <br> front vs back notched area varied even more... tapering down to a very <br> short length in the low treble and very high diskant. <br> <br> So whats the reasoning behind these two things ?<br> <br> I have a couple B's at the conservatory, one Hamburg and one NY.  I <br> guess I'll go have a look this afternoon and compare.<br> <br> Cheers<br> RicB</font></blockquote> </div> <div>     Ric</div> <div>    This is not a B sorry, Its a D with the uneven unison string lengths & uneven rear aliquots.</div> <div>   The idea in my opinion is to increase sustain & color at the expense of a little power. When I redo this type I put in even string lengths. Baldwin also did this.</div> <div>  The idea at the ends of the bridge patches is to have less severe string length/tension  changes across the plate strut breaks on the bridge.</div> <div>   Dale</div> </font></blockquote> <img src="cid:part1.02010204.08030809@grieg.uib.no" alt=""> </body> </html>