Strange bridge

[Alan Forsyth]

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Hmmm, my goodness, we are becoming an obstreperous bunch of sceptics =
lately :-)

I know because my mentors knew from their mentors. We come across many =
of these instruments that are in their original state.

Here is a photo of Broadwood no J7024 which I assume is circa 1870, in =
it's original state except one bass single has been replaced. All the =
bass section has the windings going through the bridge and the =
monochords have their booties on.



Here is a picture of the same piano at the other end. You can see that =
the bass only has 3 sets of bichords and from there up to the break it =
is all wound trichords, which I referred to earlier as the easiest wound =
trichords to tune that I have come across. Notice also the bass =
soundboard cutoff bar. This piano by the way has those dreaded threaded =
pins, and to add insult to injury, they are oblong.


This piano is still used regularly at the Edinburgh Festival and in =
recordings. Now, don't ask me how I know that! (Hint; because I have to =
tune the bloody thing)

AF

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From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:46 AM
Subject: RE: Strange bridge


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> Alan wrote.... about felt in bass strings through the bridge.=20
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> rebuilders actually duplicate it when the time comes for restringing."
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> I would like to know how you know that.  And what year piano we are =
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