----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net> Sent: May 07, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Cut off bars, was Re: Unusual rib structure? > Then it is typical to leapfrog the cutoff bar over the ribs? I thought on > the picture of Del's belly braces/cutoff bar that the cutoff bar was flat. > Is the feathering of the ribs always designed so that there is an equal > feathered length on opposite ends? > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net No. It is not typical to leapfrog the 'cutoff' bar over the ribs. Thumper is quite right--these things are not really cutoff bars. The act to stiffen the assembly, but they do not really terminate the soundboard. A true cutoff bar is a complete termination of the soundboard assembly. In the photo I posted the bar forms the physical edge of the soundboard. Anything to the left side of that bar is strictly filler. Del
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