At 10:12 AM 5/25/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >As Ron and Del pointed out in the recent thread about a curve cut into the > >bridge > >prior to installing that the bridge does not support crown, it is too >flexible. > >Not only too flexible, but at least as important by my observations - >whether the bridge is crowned or not, it is not a straight beam like a rib. >It's curved, and won't support weight the length of it's span like a >straight beam. It merely rotates. Not if you use the magic varnish. >Perhaps the improvements were a result of the new strings and hammer work. Somehow, this is only rarely considered as a possibility. Nor does anyone >ever seem to actually check the condition of these recrowned boards next >year to see if any of that re-installed crown is still there. >Ron N Follow-up is optional Off-the-line stats rule. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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