That particular hunk of spruce is part of one of the backposts from the old Starr upright that I learned to tune on. Works much better as a belly rail brace than it ever did as a backpost (sumpin' was wrong with that thar old pie-anna!). And a belly rail brace like this, IMHO, pales when compared to the original belly rail structure on the Knabe I am working on - that belly rail is a full six-inch by eight-inch hunk of white ash (think baseball bat). IMHO, even a braced belly rail like on this Baldwin or a Steinway pales is stiffness/mass compared to a railroad tie like that on the Knabe. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- Terry This to me makes the most sense. It replaces the wimpy treble "resonator" strip with something substantial. Nice job. I've taken to putting a beefed up bar here as well. Not this gi-normous but why not? Dale And another example: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070718/87e40dd0/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 42304 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070718/87e40dd0/attachment-0001.jpe
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