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? Ok, it wasn't an accident, my poor choice of words. Amazed by symmetry and beauty combined with a beneficial function. First time I saw Overs board I had that reaction <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. Understood Not significantly different, but some. Good to know Just visually, without numbers: It's a decent looking rib set, and I thought the piano sounded terrific, That is of course appreciated 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. This may explain the need for a stiffer set of hammers than I thought the C should require, They were Renner Blues voiced nicely by David. Adding two more ribs to the set with the all the ribs spaced differently would be adequate to support the treble. Why that would prefer a less stiff hammer is a bit of a question. Nick and I have often asked each other how stiff is too stiff? Experience to me says, the stiffer the board the stiffer/denser the hammers need to be. The more flaccid the board the less dense hammers. SO your experience is that adding two more ribs to a S&S C set somehow defeats the need for a level of hammer stiffness I am uncomfortable with. Any way that's the direction I'm going. For a while my conclusion was the two capo sections need no less than 6 ribs. Usually there are 5 so Your comments make me think 8 narrow tall ones amy solve my problem. 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. Meaning ribs less tall or not as long because of a fish?? Beats fighting the original though, don't it? Yes and the the attractive sound that Steinways are know for is enhanced focus and clear and folks just love it. Makes my Day to be sure and certain. Dale FWIW, Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100210/202ece37/attachment-0001.htm>
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