Laminated soundboards. was Re: Bridge design

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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  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


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