> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:27:32 +0100 > From: =D6sten H=E4ggmark > <haggmark@mailbox.calypso.net> > Subject: Re: Steel soundbaord. was Re: glass soundboard, was Re: e= lectrical ears > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Reply-to: pianotech@byu.edu I believe a guy in my area of S.F. is working on a graphite soundboard.. > >When you think about it, what are the chances of two technicians, half = a > >world away, finding out they worked on the only two pianos with a steel > >soundboard ever made in the world. Isn't this internet great? > > > >Willem Blees RPT > >St. Louis. > > Great is a too small word! > > > To sad we can't verify that it was a Frankel and that there was only 2= of > them built, that would have been interesting information. But since both > you and I have have lost track of the instruments, maybe it wasn't meant= to > be preserved for history. > > The theme of that particular part of mr Conklins article was new > materials in piano building over the years. He also mentions an American > harpsicord builder called John Challis who many years later (1961) > constructed a piano with a metal soundboard and bridge. A recording of t= his > piano can be heard on a CD that cames with the book. In 1969, a P A Bert > issued a US patent describing a soundboard with a sandwich construction > consisting of a cellular core and plastic facings. > > I had never heard of the fantastic glass soundboard but I am glad that > the tradition of trying crazy new things continues! > > > Greetings > =D6sten H=E4ggmark > Stockholm, Sweden > > PS Don't worry about the dots > > > > ilvey, RPT Pacifica, CA
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