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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>These remind me of a design I saw =
on one
of Darrel Fandrich’s pianos in which short ribs like these were =
installed
between each of the longer ribs along the bridge line. I =
don’t believe they
were brass weighted though I am curious as to whether their purpose was =
to
smooth impedance. </span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span =
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davidlovepianos@comcast.net </span></font></p>
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[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Jack Houweling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, February =
03, 2006
8:51 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re:Mass Loading =
Bridges</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Here are my mini ribs made out of spruce =
and
brass weights. I made them but have not tried them yet. They =
are
very easy to make. I hope they work =
well.</span></font></p>
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