----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Blasyak I have a question about the picture of the sound board that is attached to the original post. Why is there a cutout in the bass section? I believe Terry Farrell posted some pictures of a sound board he had made with a similar shape a while back. Can someone please explain the unusual shape. Inquiring minds would like to know if its not too much trouble. Steve No trouble. I believe the picture below is the "while back" picture you refer to. IMHO, the shape of this soundboard is normal. I question why just about every other piano I have ever seen has an unusual extension of the soundboard up into the upper bass corner. Why don't they just make the piano case square and put a similar extension on the side opposite the upper-bass (where the concave portion of the case is)? The soundboard terminates where the dark inset starts. Below is a picture of what is beneath that joint. It is a large cut-off bar (there is an original smaller cut-off bar). This belly is a Del Fandrich design. I believe that the upper-bass corner area of most soundboards do not operate efficiently, does not add to the sound coming from the soundboard, and the long rib lengths required for such a design contribute to early soundboard failure. The absense of the upper-bass corner also makes clamping the soundboard edge during installation easier because, well, you can clamp it! Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070613/e09a9a3a/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 42262 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070613/e09a9a3a/attachment-0003.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 84582 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070613/e09a9a3a/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 77051 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070613/e09a9a3a/attachment-0005.jpe
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