Soundboard Size Perspective

[Ron Nossaman]

>Yes. What about them? What I really was getting at is that many pianos 
>have no cut off bars or any other structure to limit the size of the 
>soundboard. Such as the upright having all that floppy space below the 
>high treble end of the bridge, where the grand is cut out by the curved 
>case. In this particular case, the upright has an original cut-off bar and 
>the grand has no cut-off bar.
>
>Terry Farrell


It's great, isn't it? Two of the most touted sales features - large 
soundboard area and longest possible A-0 speaking length - are both 
actually counterproductive to performance.

Ron N