You might talk with Andre Bolduc or Christian about this. They have been wanting for years to begin blending the imperfect panels but have been constrained by the market which wants "white" boards. Andre claims that there is no noticeable tonal variation due to these imperfections. How scientific that is, I don't have the foggiest. Paul In a message dated 3/10/2009 11:58:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, davidlovepianos at comcast.net writes: I think I typed this wrong in the subject line, it should be a #2 board, which I've now corrected, but here's what I'm after. A B sized #2 board, for example, costs less than 1/3 the price of a #1 board ($200 versus $650). Significant enough to wonder about. They don't promise matching color (not the end of the world), they may be a mixture various grains per inch (not a big deal if you're not compression crowning which I'm not), they may have a couple of bark or sap marks (easy to repair and blend) but otherwise a claim of no tonal drop off, i.e. only cosmetic differences. So I'm wondering if anyone has used one to be able to comment on that aspect. Over 10 boards that becomes a significant difference in cost. I see some old Steinway panels that aren't necessarily that well color or grain matched and it doesn't seem to be an issue. So if no one has actually used one, what are the possible concerns in terms of tonal output? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 8:15 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] NW Woods #3 soundboard panel erwinspiano at aol.com wrote: > Privately > Dale Then why the hell didn't you reply privately to David in the first place? There are others who'd like to hear the assessment. Ron N **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219671244x1201345076/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090311/dddc15d8/attachment.html>
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