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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Georgia size=2><EM>I =
believe part of
the reason is the angle of the hammer and the damper system requires =
more room
at the top. In the treble on an upright the action spacing always =
gets
closer as soon as the hammers lose their tilt and then again when the =
dampers
end.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Georgia>Aren't the hammers =
in the tenor
angled <EM>because</EM> the stings are at an angle, rather than
vice-versa?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2><EM>Also consider the same bridge =
load carried
over the shortened span but I guess that could be changed with string =
scales and
bridge height. Some makers extend the bridge so it doesn't end so =
abruptly,
maybe ending it closer to the rim solves the problem.</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia size=2><EM>kpiano</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia>I think a bridge will be extended, not to get =
closer to
the rim, but rather so as not to have the last strings right at the end =
of the
bridge because of tonal problems that can cause.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On most (all?) modern pianos, =
the mid and
upper treble strings are roughly parallel to one another. However, in =
the
tenor, and more-so in the lower tenor, the strings are spaced much =
further
apart over the bridge than they are up near the forward speaking =
length
termination.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why? I ask that especially because =
I have heard
much talk of design/performance concerns about the low end of the =
long
bridge being too close to the rim - why not just lessen the string =
spacing
and have the long bridge end further from the rim?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry
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