>On Thu, 5 Oct 1995 Wippen@aol.com wrote:
>John Challis made a very lovely harpsichord with brass bridges made from
> ] shaped channel. With 4', 2 8's and a 16' (!!!) it had a spectacular
>architectural look and tuned quite nicely once you sorted out the pedals.
John Challis also made a piano with a metal soundboard and bridges. It can
be heard on the CD included with "Five Lectures on the Acoustics of the
Piano" edited by Askenfelt. Does anyone know of other pianos with a "metal"
soundboard?
John
John Musselwhite, RPT Calgary, Alberta Canada
musselj@cadvision.com sysop@67.cambo.cuug.ab.ca
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