Soundboard

[Jon Page]

Is the rim one piece or is it chunks just glued together?

Sometimes

Is the plate milled to that shape or is there some way of
pouring molten iron into a form?

Poured

At 02:13 PM 10/31/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Does a soundboard in grands and uprights consists of several planks of
>wood, or just one piece of wood the entire shape of the soundboard?
>
>
>Matthew
> 

Planks

Actually don't most people think that the piano is "solid wood".

Happy Hallow-een,

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Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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