More of a direct imparting of frequencies from string to the board without the muting effect that will be present in the conventional bridge to board assembly. Why do violins have a foot on the bridge, a bass bar etc. An attempt to capture this idea? Joe Goss imatunr@srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 9:00 AM Subject: Strange bridge in a Steinway > Hello! > > I started de-stringing my newly acquired Hamburg Steinway O from 1910 and > noticed a thing I have never seen before: the end of teh long bridge is > suspended, resting on small "feet" that seem to be positioned over the > ribs. > I have attacged two picture of it. > Now, why would this arrangemt be used and why only for the last part of the > bridge? > > Regards, > > Calin Tantareanu > ---------------------------------------------------- > http://calintantareanu.tripod.com > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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