That was a Swed :) Another Swed once conspired with a rather eccentric but amazingly clever Norwegian violinist to contrive to build a grand piano that would never need to be tuned. Engineers never cease to amaze in their inability to see their perspectives are far more limited then they believe. This was in the mid 1800's. The violinist was sick and tired of lousy tuned pianos on tour, and the engineer saw the chance to make a few hundred thousand Riks Dallars .... a small fortune at the time. The thing was an entire fiasco of course... and upon moving it for the first time it was totally out of tune and being constructed as it was... totally impossible to tune it in any way at all. It ended up becoming a writing desk in the violinist's study. Quite ornate one as well. I'm not sure what this says about either the Sweds or the Norwegians.... much less an American ex patriot whoes taken on Norwegian citizenship and carries a very heavy western drawl to his Norsk... :) As for getting along.... we all do fine unless we meet in some of the many bars in the Greek holiday islands.... then things can get a bit iffy :) Did I tell you the one about the Norwegian, Swed, and Dane who were on their way to the..... Cheers RicB > The only reason I asked about vertical laminated beams is that I like > the look of wood better :)... Ric, I thought you Scandinavians even used metal for soundboards. Oooops, I guess that guy was Swedish and I wouldn't want to confuse a Swede with a Norwegian, would I? Fighting words, perhaps? :) Jude
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