Hi Kevin, Your post reminds me of a piano that was traded for by a local store that I service. Someone in the past had used wood shims and #22 gage wire to build up the bridge for greater downbearing. Boy what a beast to tune, false beats all over the entire piano. Joe Goss <G> ---------- > From: Kevin R. Aldrich <KAldrich@compuserve.com> > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Negative crown > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 1998 8:58 AM > > What would happen if you recapped bridges to gain downbearing on an old > piano with a soundboard with no crown left, or even with an oilcanned > soundboard? Would the soundboard totally collapse? Del Fandrich says that > a soundboard does not act like an arch, so crown does not help support > bearing load, right? Would the tone improve? Wasn't there a piano made in > the past with negative crown? I realize that one should replace the > soundboard in these circumstances, but some pianos aren't worth the > expense. > > Kevin Aldrich
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