Ibach bridge

[Bob Hull]

Today I tuned a 1976 (approx) Rud Ibach grand,
(Richard Strauss model)  about 6' 11".   It was last
tuned in January.  Without any humdidity control
system it had only slipped 1-2 cents and this quite
evenly from bottom to top.  

It appeared to have two types of horizontally
laminated wood for its bridge material.  The lower or
"root" portion was a darker color than the upper.  

It looked pretty similar to delignit.  Does anyone
know what wood Ibach was using then for bridges? Is
Ibach the one that was using brass bridge pins? 

The tone color was pleasant but sustain was quite poor
in the upper 1/3 of the scale - worn, rather fuzzy
hammers which were overstriking.   Soundboard was very
fine close grain. Not one false or single string beat.
 It had been repaired with visible screws down into
the ribs - isn't this more common in Europe to not
hide the repair with dowels? 

No front or rear duplex.   My camera battery died so
no photo.  Interesting plate elevation in agraffe
area.   


       
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