Heintzman Piano

[Farrell]

"...you are starting to sound like a belly man."

I hope that is a good thing!

"Is this Mason Board tapered from thick to thin starting at with top being appox. .375 thick down to .250 at the bottom?"

I don't have my data here, but my recollection is that it was pretty close to that.

"I belive Bolduc Makes upright Panel in this configuration."

For better or worse, I will be gluing up and thickness planing my own panel. Please remember me in your prayers.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Erwinspiano@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: Heintzman Piano

>            Terry
>              UhHUH  You know ,you are starting to sound like a belly man. 
> Everbody (including me) is(was) always sooo optimistic about the soundboards 
> thev've been working on till they really start to look for the right things 
> and understand what real crown and overall  soundboard health looks like.
>   As far as uprights go most were not designed to have more than 30 minutes 
> worth of crown after they left the press room .
>     I've seen glue joints llike this as well. It makes you wonder what the 
> joints are like in the rest of the piano ehh. Is this Mason Board tapered 
> from thick to thin starting at with top being appox. .375 thick down to .250 
> at the bottom. I belive Bolduc Makes upright Panel in this configuration..
>     Dale
>      Terry wrote
> > I'm quickly getting the impression that many soundboards are not in as good 
> > a shape as one might often think. Several uprights that I have removed 
> > soundboards from, and the Mason &Hamlin upright I am currently replacing a 
> > soundboard on, absolutely just fell apart upon removal - glue joints just 
> > totally shot.
> 
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