compression vs rib crowning

[Brian Trout]

Hi Richard,

Something that came to mind when I read your post...

You're in Norway.  Would the Steinways that you see be New York Steinways or 
Hamburg Steinways?

They may not be built the same way.

Just a thought.

Brian T.







>From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>To: davidlovepianos@earthlink.net, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: compression vs rib crowning
>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:48:54 +0100
>
>
>
>David Love wrote:
>
> >  Is the difference between rib and compression crowning one of tone or
> > longevity (or both).  David Lovedavidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>Depends on who you talk to :) I havent heard any of Rons or Dels
>constructions so I cant speak to them. But the so called disasters that
>I keep hearing about concerning the Steinway compression boards just
>plain seem to escape me. But then I dont live in a tropical swamp either
>
>But I believe... you will probably find that at least the problem of
>cracking due to climatic conditions that are generally too dry and
>rarely more then mildly too humid will roll in favour of the Compression
>board.... at least in terms of longevity.
>
>Tonal....  thats such a subjective matter I personally dont see a lot of
>room for argumentation one way or the other.
>
>JMV
>
>--
>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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