This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "...you'll only find a few with soundboards that were designed to have a = crown..." On what basis do you conclude that these old uprights have soundboards = that were designed to not have crown? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Erwinspiano@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 8:56 PM Subject: Re: No downbearing ? In a message dated 12/31/2003 7:10:31 AM Pacific Standard Time, = jjgranas@zigzag.pl writes: Hello y'all and tout le monde, I have come across a puzzling suggestion a few weeks ago: Namely, = that downbearing is not really necessary in order to transfer the = vibration of the string to the soundboard panel, the mere "grip" that = the string has on the bridge being sufficient to assure this transfer. = Would anyone of you with experience in such issues care to comment?=20 Happy New Year everybody Wishing you all wonderful crowns, tight pins, and fautless = repetition,=20 Jean-Jacques Granas Jean I agree with the rest of these posts. Look at all the old American = uprights you want, but you'll only find a few with soundboards that were = designed to have a crown and hence downbearing & Many of them sound very = nice. In my mind the upright soundboard is more of a mass driven system. = I.e. long strings and big soundboards. These boards are tapered, thicker = at the top in the treble & gradually thin down to about 1/4" near the = bass/ bottom end for flexibility.=20 I recently put bridge caps on one of the first Baldwin Uprights = (1880) ever built. (Gorgeous looking & sounding) The board was flat as a = pancake. I shimmed hairline cracks and then applied scraped off the old = varnish and epoxy finish treatment to the front of the board. This is an = amazing sounding piano. I really think that the hardness of the epoxy = finish is also a contributing tonal factor. Food for the new year. Dale Erwin Erwin Piano Restorations ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ac/2b/85/c2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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