At 10:53 pm +0100 21/8/07, David Boyce wrote: >I was asked to examine this Bechstein yesterday, No 80884. Straight >strung upright. Quite a hockey-stick! I'll try to remember to take a picture of the bridge on a 1909 Lipp straight strung I got a couple of weeks ago. I think the arrangement is possibly even more extreme. It is a wonderful piano although it is not any taller than the overstrung they made at the same time, of which I have two. >What terms do you use for the offset between the bridge and the >soundboard - I've heard it called an Apron and a Skirt. Any other >terms? I call it the apron. JD >Attachment converted: MacMini:Bechstein 80884.JPG (JPEG/ÇICÈ) (00EC7800) >Attachment converted: MacMini:Bechstein bridge with apron.JPG >(JPEG/ÇICÈ) (00EC7802)
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