> >I would love to hear more on this glass soundboard. > >Warmest regards >Bob Dear Bob, Thank you for your nice and interesting email. You sure must know what it's like in Japan! I was glad to get out = after the training was finished. It must have had a tremendous impact on you personally and on the = level of your skill. I would like to go back once more but there are no more classes for = me, except working in the factory, and that they won't allow! Re your remark about the glass soundboard: The other day I had a chance to hear some pianists talk about it. = They had played concerts on an older Yamaha CFIII with the original soundboard = removed. They did not like it at all! The tone was thin, soft and without power. It reminded them also of a = harpsichord. I happen to know, that the guy who installs these glass soundboards (he calls them "Master glass") is not really skilled in the last = phase of the piano industry, his tuning, regulation and voicing is not good enough to = say it mildly. During another listening session an upright was tried out, again the = tone was too shallow. The inventor says about this that the public should not compare his = instruments with the real thing, so he calls it a new instrument and because of the = tiny volume he even amplifies it. So much for the "crystal" soundboard! have fun Friendly Greetings from: CONCERT PIANO SERVICE Andr=E9 Oorebeek Amsterdam, the Netherlands email address: oorebeek@euronet.nl =89 Where Music is no harm can be =89
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