[pianotech] Hammer strike line. Was-----whatever

[Ron Nossaman]

erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:
> It is intriguing to see how near the center of the ribs the 
> bridge lies.

You mean it was accidental? <G> I use the centering to help 
establish the position and shape of the cutoff bar, which 
means mine would have been a tad straighter, and closer to the 
bridge than the one shown. Not significantly different, but some.

Just visually, without numbers: It's a decent looking rib set, 
and I thought the piano sounded terrific, but I'd call it 
definitely at the light end of RC&S, which I think is why the 
hammer line deviation made a tonal difference. You have 16 
ribs here, on a 7-1/2' piano. I put 18 ribs in a B, most of 
them shorter than what I see in the photo. The ribs through 
the killer octave in the photo are somewhat shorter than the 
originals, but a fish would have stiffened that up some, and 
the treble a bunch.

Beats fighting the original though, don't it?

FWIW,
Ron N