> That's part of the problem and challenge of soundboard design. The low end > of the bass bridge is very close (in proximity on the board) to the low end > of the tenor bridge, yet they have considerably different soundboard > impedance requirements. The low bass needs lots of flexibility (usually > more than is available to it), and the low tenor needs more stiffness > (usually more than is available to it). > > Ron N So, here we go back to the straight-strung pianos? I have been thinking about this a bit, and it seems a clever design, if it avoids the bass bridge being placed too close to the rim (by angling the strings a lot to the right, to place the bridge towards the center of the board), or uses a floating soundboard along the straight side at the end of the bass bridge (like in old straight strung Pleyels). This way you could have a much better board, where strings and bridges with different impedance requirements won't need to share the same board area. Or am I missing something? Calin Tantareanu ---------------------------------------------------- http://calintantareanu.tripod.com ----------------------------------------------------
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