---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Del, Years ago I first heard you talk about the potential of laminated soundboard. Since then I have kept my ears and mind open as I came across these creatures. I usually found them in pianos which would as you said not sound very well regardless of the material used. I have one piano I restrung and reblocked several years ago, a Kimball 5 1/2 footer with a laminated soundboard from the 1950s I think, maybe a little later. This piano had an amazing tone, sweet and mellow played softly and strong and clear played loudly. The bass was also good for a piano it's size. It was played by a couple of professional pianists who were amazed that it bore the name it did and asked me if I was sure of its genealogy. This may have been a fluke but it does provide some antidotal evidence in favor of laminate sound boards. Unfortunately, I guess it is the nature of our business to be so locked in "tradition" Andrew Remillard Always looking out of the box. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9a/de/1b/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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