Broadwood Barless Upright Piano

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 17 Jan 2005, 21:24

The Broadwood website has just been update and the Barless Upright Piano has been added

http://www.broadwood.co.uk

Barrie,

Ben Wimpenny · Post by **Ben Wimpenny** » 18 Jan 2005, 11:21

Barrie,

I know I'm probably being a bit of a thickie, but I visited the link and I don't get it - what does 'barless' actually mean - the Broadwood explanation is not that clear to me?

Regards

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 18 Jan 2005, 17:44

They are taking the term from their old barless grand - When you look in side a grand there are bars running above the strings running parallel and diagonally, they are part of the cast iron frame. Now these bars interrupt the flow of the long treble bridge and can constrict the bass bridge. The Knight K10 has no bars in the treble and for the size of piano it has the longest sustain. However, the K10 do have bars running parallel with the bass strings the Broadwood has not.

The one big drawback to these pianos is production costs

There is a nice book by Alastair Laurence called the Broadwood Barless Piano

I will be putting up info on their Green Frame Piano as well when I get it

Barrie,

Ben Wimpenny · Post by **Ben Wimpenny** » 19 Jan 2005, 18:11

Thanks Barrie for enlightening me - as informative as ever!

Does the barless construction mean that the 'peripheral' cast iron frame has to be more massive to compensate?

Regards

Post by **Barrie Heaton** » 19 Jan 2005, 19:23

Yes thicker in most of the frame so casting is more complex

Barrie,