Hello, I was wondering what method of crowning the soundboards is currently used by today's piano factories? Let's say Steinway, Bechstein, Bosendorfer, Yamaha or whoever else? I couldn't find such info on their websites and it would be really interesting to know which way they choose and why (if possible). Thanks! Calin Tantareanu ---------------------------------------------------- http://calintantareanu.tripod.com ---------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 8:40 PM Subject: Re: Soundboardcrown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: December 17, 2002 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: Soundboardcrown > > > > Ron. I think what Peter is doing here is inducing a small amount of crown > by gluing a flat rib to a flat panel in a curved caul at ambient RH. And of > course, this will produce a small amount of crown. He then dries the board > down and glues in into the piano. It would appear that he is relying on the > rigid-rim-supporting-the-crown theory to keep the board crowned after it > expands a bit with the increased RH. Obviously, there are a few of us that > do not feel that theory holds much water, let alone crown. > -------------------------------------------- > > > No, Terry, the rim doesn't really enter into it. If you take a > compression-crowned soundboard assembly back to its condition at the point > of ribbing the compression stress that holds crown disappears. In other > words, if you belly a board at 4% MC using flat ribs and a flat press it > crowns up in a normal room atmosphere. If you then take it back to 4% MC the > crown disappears and the whole thing is more-or-less flat again. > "More-or-less" because there has probably been enough compression set within > the panel that, back at 4%, it would end up under some tension and go into > reverse crown. > > What Peter is doing is simply taking the compression out of the panel > temporarily, letting the assembly flatten out, and then gluing it to the > rim. As moisture goes back into the panel it once again becomes a > compression-crowned soundboard assembly. > > Del > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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