Ron Nossaman wrote: > > > I might be reluctant to use plastics in a piano that was meant to last a > >long time since I don't believe there is yet a track record for longevity with > >the plastics available now. > > Kawai has been torture testing ABS flanges for nearly 30 years. The first > ones installed still test stronger than new wood. I'd guess it was probably > fairly safe by now, since pianos don't last longer than that anyway... right? Wrong, and we all know its wrong. Right in the sense you mean it allright, but wrong in the sense of the public... whom in the end decide rather defacto. That said, I think its safe to say that ABS material has stood the test of time as it were. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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