Impressive Steinway Upright

[Farrell]

 What, please, is "sound trap?"

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Barnard" <mathstar@salemnet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 12:56 AM
Subject: Re: Impressive Steinway Upright


> Ah, ha. These are, I presume, what are sometimes called "sound traps" in
> uprights?
> 
> I just never thought about an equivalent part of a grand and never heard the
> term "cut-off bar." Have seen them, now that I think on it, but the
> soundboard in my little 1921 Geo. Steck goes to the rim all around.
> 
> Thanks for the lesson, Terry & Tony.
> 
> Alan

SNIP