<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: More CC vs RC questions was RE: Killer Octave & = Pitch</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello, Mr. Overs!  Excuse my = ignorance and curiosity, but how do you figure how big this "fish" should be, and how = do you come up with what size the soundboard should be?  (ie: where to = place the cutoff bars?)  Why should the manufacturers, for many decades = advertise that the bigger the soundboard area, the bigger the sound, and then we = put in cutoff bars to decrease that "essential " size?  There are others = out there who would like to "tool up" to do soundboards, as well, and do them = well.  How do you figure out how to design soundboards with the knowledge that = seems to be expanding all the time?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clark A. Sprague, RPT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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> Friday, February 18, 2005 = 1:59 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: More CC vs RC = questions was RE: Killer Octave & Pitch Raise</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Davids both and all,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 = size=-1>It's an extension of the rim inwards toward the bridge from behind at the = upper end of the piano.  It's designed to reduce the amount of excess = soundboard area at the very top of the scale.  It's called a = fish because the shape of the extension is somewhat fish shaped.  = Maybe Terry or Ron have a picture they could = post. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 = size=-1></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Times New Roman" = color=#000080 size=-1>David Love<BR></FONT><FONT color=#000080 size=-1>davidlovepianos@comcast.net</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT size=-1>-----Original Message-----</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Got any images of your sound board cut-off David Love? I'd be = interested to see it.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Here's a link to the Steinway D we re-boarded with an RC&S = version last year. The fish is the cut-off behind the treble bridge.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Lucida Grande" color=#000000>http://overspianos.com.au/stdctoff2.jpg</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Since this was the first treble cut-off I'd fitted to a D, I = erred on the conservative side. The next one will have more area cut off in the = high treble. There's also an extra back brace where the 'bell' used to be. = The bridge is just sitting in place to show where it will be located once = the panel is made.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Ron O.</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=-1><B><BR></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR></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:ron@overspianos.com.au<BR>_______________________<= /FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release = Date: 2/14/2005<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>