Hi Rudyard, yes we knew about the sound board, both the orientation and the fastening. I agree with you on the bass tone, that was one of the things that made them easy to sell. I believe that the Fandrich piano (made by the "Fabulous Fandrich brothers") has the same sound board principle (correct me if I´m wrong, Del). As for one point and two points, I don´t get your point... Non capisce! Da capo! Haart stucke bedankt.(sp?) Kristinn At 22:03 5.11.2000 +0100, you wrote: > > Kristinn wrote; > > > we imported them for many years, all the way up to '89. > > Are you responsible for them? Well, congratulations! > > > >Maybe I glued the Hammers or the Dampers! >Did you find out the special construction of the soundboard? > >It's glued at three sides on the perimeter, the bottom side is free to move >with the vibrations of the strings. In the Rippen-opinion it gives the >basssound an extra dimension. >A technical teacher told me that Erard was the first builder using this idea >in the 19th era. > >Rippen used laminated soundboard's 3x3 mm ( OK Ok; thats 3x .1181 Inch), the >midpart is turned 45º to 90º in opposite to the outside parts. The loose >bottom of the the soundboard is posible by using a negative soundboardcrown. >The soundboard of a Rippen is build and glued-in totally flat. > >In my opinion the sound of the bass is indeed a deep, GRR tone, but it's not >clear. The vibration is not marked with an end. A clear note has a vibration >between 2 solid points, the Rippen note has a vibration between 1 solid and >1 moving point. It sounds a bit misty. CAPICE? > >Did I bore anyone? >Greetings and good work next week, >Rudyard, Rotterdam, Holland
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