Soundboard grain angle

[Phillip L Ford]

Thanks Dale.  I wasn't aware that pianos in general don't have the belly rail perpendicular
to the straight side.  The scope of my ignorance seems to get greater with the passage of
time rather than smaller.
If we're really going to be precise we should specify that it is 45 degrees measured
counterclockwise from the straight side (as opposed to 45 degrees clockwise from the
straight side which is what I've been talking about in some of these posts).

Phil F

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Phillip Ford
Piano Service & Restoration
1777 Yosemite Ave - 215
San Francisco, CA  94124


On Tue, 4 Dec 2001 21:39:16   
 Erwinspiano wrote:
>   Phil
>      I have'nt measured a piano yet that had a belly rail and spine(straight 
>side) at 90 degrees.The Stwy B is something like 93 degrees or so. Most 
>pianos measure 40 or 45 Degrees of the spine. Usually one or the other .To me 
>it's just less numbers to remember.  The lower the number  of degrees (40 or 
>less) the longer  the long grain is in the panel.
>  Dale
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