Sorry, My last sentence should have read: If machined, then from a production standpoint, it wouldn't make any difference if the cap or bridge is laminated or solid. Roger Gable ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Gable" <roger at gablepiano.com> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] YC Capo Bars > Ron & Will, > Well, I think we're unknowingly talking about two different things -- a > laminated bridge verses a laminated cap. The lousy pianos I'm referring to > have laminated bridges -- laminated entirely from top to bottom. Is there > a top quality piano using laminated bridges? I think not. Help me here. I > would think that a progressive manufacturer like Yamaha would have > incorporated laminated bridges if it didn't deflect from the quality level > they've already established. Correct me if I'm wrong. Also, I thought that > the high production manufacturers machined the notching rather than hand > notch. If machined, then it wouldn't make any difference if the cap (or > bridge) is laminated or solid. > Roger Gable > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] YC Capo Bars > > >> On 9/19/2010 6:57 PM, Roger Gable wrote: >>> Ron, >>> Yes, you're correct to pick up my association of bad sound to lousy >>> pianos. Let's digress a little. Why do some manufacturers laminate and >>> others not. Lamination provides for a better string termination because >>> of the grain orientation and is, by far, easier to manufacture, but why >>> hasn't there been a ground swell toward the laminated bridge? >>> Roger Gable >> >> >> The grain orientation is a non issue in a laminated cap. You're making >> what amounts to a fiber reinforced plastic bridge cap. The hardness and >> density is what does the job. Laminated caps are both more difficult and >> expensive to build, and harder to notch than solid wood caps. That, I >> presume, is why so few manufacturers are using them. That, and the >> presumption of the techs out in the field that they are inferior because >> they haven't heard one in a decent piano. >> >> Ron N >> > > >
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