Masons had mahogany rims, laminated, during their worst years. Sad. Bosendorfer assembles the rim, board, plate and front structure. The rim is routed to smooth it's form and the cerf cut rim is glued on the side. Interesting process. The outer rim makes no structural contribution. Tonally? Only they know for sure, in their opinion. Newton
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