<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>No, I don’t. In fact it has been such a lack that started me thinking along the lines of building something. So I modified my string test fixture and have been investigating the relationship between strings and soundboards with varying amounts of crown and string bearing. What I’m finding—at least what I think I’m finding—is causing me to rethink much of what I thought I knew about this very interactive system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>ddf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Delwin D Fandrich</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Piano Design & Fabrication</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423'>6939 Foothill Court SW, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Olympia, Washington 98512 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#632423'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><span style='color:blue'>del@fandrichpiano.com </span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'>— </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#632423'><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com"><span style='color:blue'>ddfandrich@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Eder<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 11, 2012 2:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> caut@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Mason & Hamlin soundboard model with tuning fork<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Got it</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, and thanks for the explanation. Is there any simple demonstration model that can readily A/B the effects of crown (with its attendant resonance/sustain and power/projection) vs. no crown, preferably on the same piece of surrogate soundboard? That is what is really needed to faithfully get the point across. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Alan Eder<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Delwin D Fandrich <<a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com</a>><br>To: caut <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a>><br>Sent: Fri, May 11, 2012 1:01 pm<br>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Mason & Hamlin soundboard model with tuning fork<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_b879c150-bcc1-4aa7-807e-ee87a321cdce"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Assuming we’re thinking of the same device, it demonstrates nothing besides the fact that you can make a piece of wood that is forcibly bent by applying pressure to its ends—i.e., longitudinally to grain—resonant. This is not how piano soundboards are crowned nor is it how they work.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>ddf<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Delwin D Fandrich<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Piano Design & Fabrication<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com </a>— <a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Eder<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 11, 2012 11:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Mason & Hamlin soundboard model with tuning fork<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>By no stretch of the imagination it is my personal call what to include in the final cut of the film, but I am very interested in your critique of the phenomenon this model is designed to <span class=apple-style-span>demonstrate, and would like to see your perspective integrated into the discussion. Please elaborate on your comment.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Alan Eder<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Delwin D Fandrich <<a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>del@fandrichpiano.com</span></a>><br>To: caut <<a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>caut@ptg.org</span></a>><br>Sent: Fri, May 11, 2012 11:01 am<br>Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fwd: Mason & Hamlin soundboard model with tuning fork<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_08889b28-6633-426c-828d-2e13ca52b090"><div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Why would you want to include such misinformation in what might otherwise be a technically accurate presentation?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>ddf<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Delwin D Fandrich<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Piano Design & Fabrication<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com">del@fandrichpiano.com </a>— <a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com">ddfandrich@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Eder<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 11, 2012 9:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [CAUT] Fwd: Mason & Hamlin soundboard model with tuning fork<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_1e4f1982-d02d-41d9-84fb-19e74250044d"><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>List, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>As you may or may not know, there is a film being made about the rebuilding of a Steinway grand by Richard Davenport and cohorts called "Raising a Grand." Most of the shooting is already in the can, but we are still getting some pick-up shots. In order to demonstrate the need for crown in a piano soundboard, we would like to use one of those Mason and Hamlin demonstration models in which the mini-soundboard can readily have crown added or taken away, to demonstrate the pronounced difference presence or absence of crown can make. Anyone who can provide us with such a beast will be properly compensated with our undying thanks and a Reward In Heaven. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Alan Eder<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><div style='margin-left:36.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>