Couldnt resist printing this quote from the website given. TriPhonic spruce soundboard eh.... hehe... catchy name. Cheers RicB -------------- Wyman pianos are manufactured at a state-of-the-art factory in Beijing. Laskey and Benson partnered with other former Baldwin veterans to teach the factory how to execute the product for the U.S. market. "The factory knows how to make pianos," Laskey explains. "They've been doing it since 1949. But they've been building primarily for the Chinese market, which has different values and priorities than the U.S. market. We solved all of those problems. We made jigs for them, corrected their methods, went back to critique their work and advise them so they got it right by themselves, every time -- and then we inspected and inspected and inspected. According to Laskey, dealers will feel good about promoting Wyman Piano features. For example, the Wyman TriPhonic spruce soundboard utilizes three layers of fine spruce whose grains are positioned at prescribed angles for optimum tone projection and durability. The TriPhonic cantilevered bass bridge allows bass string vibrations to be transferred to a more vibrant area of the soundboard. The 19-ply Wyman wrestplank, made of hard rock maple, with plies oriented for maximum strength and tuning stability, along with the thick, sturdy Wyman sand-cast iron plate and wooden back frame all work together to provide outstanding tuning stability over the life of the instrument.
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