This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: July 09, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: Re: Laminated soundboards. was Re: Bridge design Yes. He managed to make a piano using a standard, off-the-shelf = Samick laminated soundboard sound very good.=20 Hi Del, I think he installed the board himself, plus modified it = by routering out a relief to reduce the stiffness along the rim. I = believe he also designed and installed the ribs. So hardly a stock = board. But I agree with you, I think we would be pleasantly surprised = if the design thrust was quality and re producability. In theory a laminated board should be more predictable, it's just that = most of the practices have been all bad, resulting in a bum wrap for = laminated boards I didn't mean to imply that he didn't modify them a bit. My point being = only that he started with the same stock soundboard and ribset that = Samick starts with. He did, of course, also design a new scale and made = new bridges. Nothing that couldn't be done by Samick if they so chose. = (But we won't tell -- ) Ron's is the only effort that I have seen that has aimed at quality = tone production. Well, there were one or two floating around at Baldwin a few years = back.... Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/98/1e/6e/c8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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