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Cross-stringing

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"The technique of overlapping two vertically slanted bridges instead of one, allowing for longer strings to fit within the piano."[1]

"Introduced by Alphaeus Babcock in 1830, cross stringing allowed the strings to fan out over a larger section of the soundboard, ...giving more resonance and relieving the crowding of the strings."[2]

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