<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE>Re: New Topic: Bass Cantilever Bridges</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Nice pictures Ron.  Do you have a shot of the bass float which is not covered up by the plate?  I am also curious about how far you had to move the hammer line for the tenor bridge and whether that created any other problems that needed to be overcome: e.g. action ratio problems?  And why is it, by the way, that tuning stability is compromised in a bridge that combines wrapped bi-chords and plain wire tri-chords at its end.  This discussion was touched on briefly a bit ago as to why, exactly, the low tenor of many pianos is the most unstable part of the piano for tuning.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=sec@overspianos.com.au href="mailto:sec@overspianos.com.au">Overs Pianos</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> 3/8/2004 3:23:03 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: New Topic: Bass Cantilever Bridges</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV>At 12:41 PM +0000 7/3/04, Michael Gamble wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Hello List and Calin T who said (inter alia):</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>"3. Use a floating soundboard - which I think is the most useful approach. It was used by many French piano makers, especially Pleyel. Ron Overs has a really interesting article on his about a Yamaha grand where he floated the bass area of the soundboard."</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>    Yes, I have a feeling that Ibach used the floating soundboard principle in their "double-overstrung" 5ft. +- grands. Thanks for the info. I am hoping now that Ron O. will comment - or give me directions to the article you mention.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The article is at;</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>http://overspianos.com.au/g2.html</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>This page has links within the text which will take you off to satellite pages relating to the same project. Mind you, I haven't re-read it to check that I still agree with what I wrote back in 2001.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ron O.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>-- </PRE></X-SIGSEP> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=+1><B>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000><I>   </I></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><I>Grand Piano Manufacturers</I></FONT><FONT color=#000000><BR>_______________________</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=-2><BR></FONT><FONT color=#000000>Web http://overspianos.com.au</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000>mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<BR>_______________________</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>