[pianotech] Belly talk

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/3/2012 9:08 AM, Larry Fisher RPT wrote:
> thanks for the images Dale.  Looking at the top two octaves of the piano
> it sure looks like an awful lot of bridge for so little amplitude in
> that area.

High mass and stiffness works better in high frequency areas than it 
does in low frequency areas because of the small amplitude. Low 
frequency needs high amplitude, and likes lighter more flexible assemblies.


>It looks like the bridge is even taller in the top section.
> I would think this would absorb a lot of energy making for a weak sound
> up there.

A short light flexible bridge is more likely to "dink" up there.

Ron N