>Dear list, >The hexagonal soundboard means that the soundboard in the left part of the >piano is extended up to a narrower part of the pinblock (bass section) This >give 11% morfe soundboard area and gives them less wood in the pinblock on >the bass end. With this extension you get 6 sides. >James Grebe from St. Louis >pianoman@inlink.com Dear List, So much for my memory with regards to the Wurlitzer soundboard :-) However, I am still stuck with this three-layered solid spruce soundboard concept that has the grain running in three different directions, then glued together. Is there anyone other than myself who has heard of this concept as well? Or is this the lamination type soundboard concept? Sincerely, Keith A. McGavern kam544@ionet.net Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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