Broken Plate

[Farrell]

How would elimination of backposts allow the soundboard to be made larger?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
>> Just curious, do you know that the intent was to /improve/ the plate? If 
>> so, how - what was the design change trying to affect? Or was the change 
>> aimed at lowering the cost of the plate?
>>  Terry Farrell
>
> According to the brochure, it was done for tuning stability, precision 
> (repeatability), and elimination of back posts to make the soundboard 
> bigger. It also eliminated the thick tuning pin field webbing, so it's 
> more like an open face block. Minimal flagpoling, and It made the piano 
> lighter.
>
> All the intentions seem to have been good, but the farther out you go into 
> unknown territory, the greater the odds that there will be unanticipated 
> surprises.
>
> If it ain't one thing, it's two.
> Ron N
>