In a message dated 06/04/2000 11:25:16 AM Central Daylight Time, JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes: > It is possible that S&S wanted to keep the terminology very simple and, > without going into mind numbing detail, allow some glimpse into the making > of > their rims. In the book, Steinway and Sons, there is a series of pictures > that show quite clearly the rim building process..sans "vise"..sans "press" > but with lots of "clamps", "cauls" and men. > > Hey if I turn out to be wr.... er, mista......not correct, it will still be > > a beatiful day here. :-) > Well it is wet and miserable here today so I have got nothing to lose. In my mind (as simple as it is) I think I would call any large shaped device (in this case piano shaped) used to apply pressure over a large area a press. That was the impression I got from Steinway's web page. Maybe the "piano shaped device" will not open far enough to start bending the rim laminations? Vise, clamp perhaps it is semantics:-) David Koelzer Associate Member DFW
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