rim laminations

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Delacour" <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: October 03, 2001 1:39 AM
Subject: Re: rim laminations


>
> The fact is that it's very easy to build a rim the way I'm building this
> one, with very flexible lengths of 3-ply birch.  It has always been my
> intention to use such a rim simply to prove the concept of the board and
to
> switch to mainly horizontal laminations of maple, beech and/or ash further
> down the road.
>

Are you using the birch material Delignit (?) makes just for bending grand
rims? Or is this the off-the-shelf variety of birch ply?

Del