----- Original Message ----- From: Newton Hunt <nhunt@jagat.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 3:51 AM Subject: Re: Broadwood Grand > dale r fox wrote: > > > pinblock wasn't a good piece of engineering in the first place. I just > > don't care for the use of beech 2 ply pin blocks in European pianos. > > > > Dale > > Even ply blocks will never work well. Only odd ply ones do. > > Newton > ------------------------------------------------------------- That depends on how thick the block is and on how thin the plies are. True, for the lumber-core ply material that is used in some piano case construction the plies must be balanced. And if you've ever tried to veneer just one side of a thin panel you now understand why you should have veneered both sides. But, with a panel the size and shape of the piano pinblock, and if you're using plies of, say, 2 to 5 mm thickness, it really doesn't matter. Del
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