Strange bridge in a Steinway

[Farrell]

And who ever dictated that the bass side of the piano case had to be straight and at aright angle to the keyboard?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Calin Tantareanu" <dnu@fx.ro>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Strange bridge in a Steinway


> > 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
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