<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hi Jon, I'd like to see any photo = you have of this piano. What exactly are you doing to the counter bearing? I have = one that is a little older. I like the bass, but the treble is a little weak at = the high end. Last few notes before stepping onto the bass bridge have the usual = thoinky kind of sound, would really like to get rid of that. I guess most = uprights have a similar problem here.    Oh well,   Gary Teters</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV>-----Original = Message----- From: Jon Page <<A = href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net">jonpage@mediaone.net</A>> T= o: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>> Date: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: Re: = Fanned ribs (was Soundboard grain angle) </DIV>At = 03:57 PM 12/6/2001 +0000, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite type = cite>On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:56:42   Ron Nossaman wrote: >I decide first and last fan = angles and >positioning by bridge placement and case shape, and = eyeball everything else >in between - avoiding those nose bolts = and accommodating bass bridge >placement. There isn't a = vanishing point for the fan, nor is it necessary. > >Ron N > Ron, Do your ribs fan out from a point on the = bent side, like the ones shown on the sketch sent out by Del a couple of = days ago?  Why do you feel you get better results with a fan arrangement rather than parallel ribs, varying their spacing and = properties? Phil F</BLOCKQUOTE> The 1893 M&H = Screwstringer upright currently in my shop has an interesting grain and cutoff bar = application. The grain runs about 90° to the bridge in = the tenor section (42° to the bottom; as viewed from the back) The ribs = run roughly 27° to the grain through this section (69° to the bottom). The cutoff bar(s) form a sort of a tear-drop shape = encompassing the main board/bridge area. I can send a jpg of it to anyone interested. I am hopeful to the improvement in tone that = repairing the split rib and the loose board over the cutoff bar as well as eliminating the 0 counterbearing in the high treble. I = replaced the stripped screws in the counterbearing bar with longer ones. Regards, Jon Page,   piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, = Mass. <A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora = = autourl>mailto:</A>jonpage<A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora = = autourl>@mediaone.net</A> <A href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" eudora = = autourl>http://www.stanwoodpiano.com</A> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>