This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello List and Terry F Regarding these laminated panels - in fact laminated soundboards of any = instrument - there is no doubt that they are not as good as the usual = solid panel. To laminate incorporates a bonding between the laminations = and this must surely have an effect on the resulting sound production. I = know for sure that a 'cello with a laminated belly has nothing like the = sound quality of the normal carved belly. I can only assume that the = poor old sound waves aren't quite sure in which direction they are to go = as they travel with the grain. They probably cancel each other out and = that means poor quality output.=20 I must say I do go for the analogy between the piano soundboard and the = 'cello or Contra Bass so far as efficiency of sound production goes. = Laminations have only one thing going for them IMHO and that is = strength. We're not really looking for strength, per se, in the = construction of soundboards, but for maximum sound output of the highest = quality coupled with the strength to produce it. That's what = Stradivarius achieved with his instruments and that must be the goal of = anyone attempting that fickle art. Regards from a sun-drenched beautiful day in a Sussex Downland village. = OK? we got sun? Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9b/98/de/89/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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