This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ron & Lorene Shiflet Sent: February 24, 2005 5:53 PM To: Piano-Tech Subject: veneer over soundboards I tore apart 2 Lester spinets. The one made in '46 had a solid spruce soundboard and several cracks. The one made in '57 appeared to be a nice flawless spruce board with no cracks. I very carefully removed it. It turned out to be a plywood soundboard covered with a beautiful grainy veneer on both sides. Perhaps that's why it had no cracks? Perhaps that's also why it had the tone it did. Today, my son is gutting an old Kimball spinet with a mahogany soundboard. It too turns out to be veneer over plywood. Tomorrow we'll get into a Story and Clark console with the famous "Storytone" soundboard, made of mahogany. I may prove to be wrong but I have a suspicion that I'm going to find mahogany veneer over plywood. What do you mean by "veneer over plywood?" Plywood soundboard panels (or, if you want to use the expensive word, laminated soundboard panels) are usually three-ply. A core material of some kind with front and back veneers, usually biased at 90º. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/60/1c/d5/94/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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