Restoring Crown

Delwin D Fandrich pianobuilders@olynet.com
Sun, 12 Oct 2003 22:11:20 -0700


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  From: Crashvalve@aol.com=20
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  Sent: October 12, 2003 8:48 PM
  Subject: Re: Restoring Crown




  Story & clark used to have those store demonstration 3-4 inch wide =
strips of soundboard with a tuning fork screwed to the middle and a =
tension rack below. The fork was struck and then the rack engaged to =
produce varying amounts of crown in this little strip of board. Of =
course the tuning fork tone increased dramatically when crowned. Problem =
is, it's an awfully small footage of soundboard, is this really a =
reliable proof of crown producing amplification (or at least good =
transmission) ?
  Glenn C.=20

No, it is not. It's an indication of what happens when you tune the =
resonant frequency of a bent piece of wood held under compression to the =
specific frequency of a vibrating tuning fork mounted to its surface. It =
had no bearing (if you'll pardon the expression) on the performance of =
the soundboard and the folks at Story & Clark knew it.=20

Del
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