89 note scale

[J Patrick Draine]

On Friday, November 2, 2001, at 12:53 PM, philromano@attglobal.net wrote:

> I'm really curious as to how the manufacturer didn't miss this!
>
> Phil Romano
>>>
My understanding was that some manufacturers did this to add tension to 
the bridge beyond the sounding note (whether A0 or notes at the 
bass/tenor break), thereby avoiding the sometimes poor tone found at the 
breaks. I think Jim Harvey pointed out the feature on a Kawai at the 
NAMM show several years ago.

Patrick