Soundboard rib question

[David Love]

>From the picture, it clearly is not under the bridge because you can see the
soundboard buttons about midway between that structure and the other side of
the piano.  My guess is that it is an attempt at a cut-off bar.  There are
some examples of cut-offs that don't attach to the bracing.  I can recall
that Ron Overs referred to them in a post awhile back by some specific name
but I don't recall what it was.  The discussion he posted, however,
suggested that they don't really work.  


David Love
davidlovepianos@comcast.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ric Brekne
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 12:07 AM
To: pianotech
Subject: Soundboard rib question

Hi Bob and David.

...Dale Erwin mentioned in a private post that it was probably some kind of
bridge stiffening device.  I didnt stop to look close enough today if it was

directly under the bridge or not.. but I will tommorrow. It was about 
that long tho.  It is  55 mm wide and 15mm tall.

Cheers
RicB




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