Interestingly Stable

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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Andrew,

The piano is built by Kawai, though it's to Schiedmayer specs, supposedly.  
Maybe Don Maninno knows.  Don?

Dave Stahl

In a message dated 7/2/04 4:45:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ANRPiano@aol.com 
writes:


> Dave,
>  
> This has been a question I have been pondering for a while now.  I have had 
> two situations which have got me thinking about the relationship between 
> soundboard finish and tuning stability.  For several years now I have used a 
> marine epoxy to seal all of my old soundboards to add lost stiffness and then top 
> coating with either shellac (which I am no longer using) or the water borne 
> lacquer.  Once these pianos have settled down they are remarkably stable with 
> very little pitch movement.  (Quite an accomplishment in Chicago.) And the 
> other experience, though with a shorter time frame and more antidotal, is my 
> friend David Graham's experience with Fazioli pianos.  I had a conversation 
> with Mr. Fazioli when he was in town regarding the finish on his soundboards, 
> there was something of a language barrier, but I gathered he had a water 
> barrier sealer he applied to both sides of his boards. David tells me, much to his 
> disappointment, that these pianos are remarkably stable for their 
> environment.
>  
> So, do you have any idea what kind of finish is on the soundboard?  A 
> finishing material which doesn't do screwy things with the stiffness of the panel 
> would actually be the answer to tuning stability problems at least as far as 
> soundboard generated problems goes.
>  
> Andrew Remillard
> 
> 



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