This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Laminated soundboard panels got a bad reputation from cheap, poorly = designed and manufactured spinets, et. al. of the 1950s, 1960s, etc. = I've got a couple questions about these. Was there anything wrong with the panels in these pianos, or was is only = that the rest of the piano was terrible, so the panel earned the same = reputation as the rest of the piano, or was the panel itself poorly = designed and/or made. I know some of them had mahogany as the outer = laminate - I don't know how thick that laminate was - perhaps there were = panel density problems. Was the rest of the panel made out of Sitka or = similar spruce? I'm just trying to understand if a quarter-sawn laminated Sitka Spruce = panel made today is incorporated into a well-designed and built piano, I = presume it will perform as well as a solid spruce panel (maybe better = when you consider tuning stability and longevity). Also, why, in those cheap little spinets of yesteryear, did they use = laminated panels on the soundboard? Isn't it more expensive to go = through all the work of laminating up a panel compared to a solid panel? = Maybe it is because they used old wood from industrial warehouse pallets = in the panels? Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/29/cd/d5/15/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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