I call it the "Poor Man's cutoff bar" My 1899 Steinway B in the shop has it on only 3 ribs. :-( Will Truitt -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 8:24 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wood over soundboard ribs On 11/8/2010 6:00 AM, limhseng at gmail.com wrote: > Hi List > This NY Steinway B has a piece of wood over 5 soundboard ribs on the bass side. What is it for and what does it do? > Thanks. > Lim It's an attempt to compensate for the too long ribs, rather than having installed the cutoff bar that should have been there. Ron N
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