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<DIV><SPAN class=640034517-23122004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>Looking at that pinning layout I'd guess they first =
tried three
unisons of tri-chord wrapped strings. When that didn't work the switched =
to
bi-chords. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640034517-23122004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" =
color=#000080>Not
a lot of expert design work went into these things. Mostly copying and =
trial and
error. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=640034517-23122004><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of =
</B>Terry<BR><B>Sent:</B>
December 23, 2004 6:10 AM<BR><B>To:</B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
Third Bridge<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Got a good photo on my first day =
lugging my
camera around with me! This is for those that might think a transition =
bridge
is only to be found on high-end 100+ year-old pianos and =
high-performance
recently-redesigned pianos. The photo below is of a 1962 =
Cable
spinet (please ignore the cockroach crap).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And of course, some clown is going to =
ask -
"yeah, but how did it sound?" Silly question. I would describe =
the
transition from plain wire to bass section as a two-step, =
less-bad, than
some spinets. Somehow I don't think the less-than-perfect transition =
is the
fault of the three-bridge design. Likely other factors involved. (Like =
maybe a
soundboard made of rec-room-wall paneling?) You can bet your =
bottom
dollar that a hockey stick design was tried first - that must =
have worked
really well for them to justify spending $17 (or whatever) extra =
dollars on
EVERY piano they built to incorporate this three bridge design! (Check =
out the
nice, even, pinning on that little bridge!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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