Piano Technician Training reply Reply

[pianoman]

Hi Ron.  Seems like someone else thought it was K. Fenner  also.
	I feel like an antique.  An antique is something to be appreciated for
what it once was, and remains, to remind us of our greatness or lack
thereof. 
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G.
 St. Louis, MO.
Competent Service since 1962
 Do what is right and do no harm
 Creator of  Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano  Peripherals

pianoman@inlink.com        

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> From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Piano Technician Training  reply
> Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 1:54 PM
> 
> Hi James, 
> 
> Sorry to be dredging up antiques here (no, not you, the subject!), but I
> have been trying to remember the name of the guy I think you are talking
> about here for the last week. My weakly, er, weekly rememberer finally
came
> up with the name Matt Slats. Ring any bells... with anyone?
> 
> Re: gut feelings/hunches; Only when your guess answers *all* the
questions.
> If the explanation is right, it's unconditionally right. If there are
> exceptions, it's incomplete pending better answers. The same thing holds
> true for a SWAG, or an oscilloscope tracing.
> 
> JMHO, Ron
> 
> 
> >It is said that years ago Kimball hired a piano designer, ( I think it
was
> >Klaus Fenner) to prove/show that Kimball laminated soundboards were not
> >inferior to solid spruce. (This is how I remember it in my faulty brain)
> >The idea being that if someone, in their ads would say that laminates
are
> >inferior to solid spruce that Kimball could sue them.  I attended a
class
> >given by this fellow and he showed slides on how he conducted his tests
to
> >prove his point.  He had an unstrung back with no strings and pointed a
> >speaker at various points along the bridge and made sand patterns of how
> >the board vibrated with both types of boards.  So he proved that the
lam.
> >board did just as well as the solid spr. bd. Did he prove it?.  I don't
> >think so, because there were no strings on the frames.  In the end, it
> >didn't prove a thing as far as the larger picture is concerned.  There
are
> >some intelligent people who can prove something either way they want and
it
> >still will not necessarily hold true in the real world.  There is lots
to
> >be said for feeling, gut feelings, and hunches just as well as
scientific
> >proof.
> >James Grebe
> 
>  Ron