Terry writes: >Regarding Ed's questions about the massiveness and/or stiffness of the >rim, with solid timber sections of rim, is it not the case that all we >would need to do is increase size of these timbers and/or add framing until >we have whatever mass/stiffness we feel we need? I didn't mean to imply to more mass was better, I think I tend towards maximum intergration of all the pieces. Let's keep in mind there are some really nice sounding pianos out there with relatively light framing. Several of the smaller Chickerings come to mind. Regards, Ed Foote
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