Pneumatic Soundboard Press

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: August 07, 2003 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: Pneumatic Soundboard Press


>
> Well, it looks like a toss-up between who's pneumatic "press" (et al) is
> newer - Del's or Terry's. I'd say Del's. I do know that mine are uglier
> than either of those pictured, though the previous iteration of Del's
(that
> the new ones are replacing) might be close. That looks a whole lot like
> Delignit in Del's (with maple press surfaces), and maybe yellow pine in
> Terry's, where mine is (are) made from glued up take-out maple racketball
> flooring on which you can still see the occasional red boundary stripe.
The
> wonderful thing about all this is that they all work very much the same,
> and the results will be similar enough that you can't tell which rib on
> which board was clamped by which press.

You guys and your inferior woods. Mine are genuine Sitka spruce! Got to
keep those little discs resonating and the circle of sound circling.

Oh, all right, if you must know it came from left over soundboard projects.

Del