Piano Construction Origins, was: Butt-Jointed Ribs

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Terry,
               Baldwin pin blocks was originally developed to make mine 
sweeper hull ribs, in WW11.

Roger



At 07:46 AM 11/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Del wrote:
>
>"....so much of early piano construction came from the wooden boatbuilding 
>industry of the day."
>
>Now you've got my interest! Is there some traceable lineage from boats to 
>pianos? I can't quite picture where pianos have things in common with 
>boatbuilding as opposed to furniture or buildings. I trust the use of hide 
>glue is not one of the things in common?
>
>Or are you just pulling my leg and now I am looking like a major dufus 
>because I fell for it?  ;-)
>
>Terry Farrell
>
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