Glass Rim

[Richard Brekne]

Farrell wrote:

> Is this from the glass soundboard people?
>
> Terry Farrell
>

Nope... they came much much later. :)

>
>
> >
> > Ok, so heres a new one on me...
> >
> > Patented in 1860's or there abouts... a soundboard is glued
> > only to the back part the rim... about 10 inches long space.
> > The rest ot the edge of the soundboard "floats" on a glass
> > shelve which is placed on the rim. I think there is also
> > glass on the end grain of the panel, and glass on top, and
> > the whole thing is held in place by a piece of moulding
> > pressed and glued to the inner rim.
> >
> > The idea is supposedly to totally isolate the soundboard as
> > a vibrating system from the rest of the piano. The glass was
> > supposed to simply reflect everything back into the panel.
> >
> > Any comments ?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Richard Brekne
> > RPT, N.P.T.F.
> > UiB, Bergen, Norway
> > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> >
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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
UiB, Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
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