Dear Sarah, As you know, vibrations pass more rapidly along wood grain, than across it. I believe that the intent here was to allow the vibrations, passing into the ribs from the bridge crossover point, to have another means of surface distribution. One which helps them overcome the "cross grain slow-down". And I suspect that Mr.Wissner tried it for this reason, liked the effect, and let it stay. A lot of pianos were built by the nemesese of you scientific types---EMPIRICISTS!!! (Gasp!) If these are not also glued down, why not just unscrew them temporarily and tell us how it affects the sound, in your opinion? Cheers! Thump --- Sarah Fox <sarah@gendernet.org> wrote: > Oops, I got the links wrong. Here are the photos... > > www.wonderfulhome.info/soundboard1.jpg > www.wonderfulhome.info/soundboard2.jpg > www.wonderfulhome.info/soundboard3.jpg > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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