soundboardinstal again

[Danny Boddin]

Thats what I tought, since all other grands are made different than
Steinwayprocedure
and they also sound o.k.
Another tought:
Recently visiting Bechstein we were astonished to see that the production of
their bridges is
completely machinemade, they come out notched and are stocked ready with
bridgepins on.
We wonder how they can finish the assembly of this bridges on the board with
a precise I thought specific
 angle of the bridges, I can not belief that the production of their
soundboards is that standard even. Or are
the deviations on each so insignificant? We didn't ask.
If we compare to Bösendorfer, Blüthner, Steinway, Fazioli:  they all finish
the bridges after they are
glued on the board by clamping the plate and measuring and adapting their
wanted bridgeangles.

Danny Boddin / Marek Bucznievicz
Ternat Belgium

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: soundboardinstal again


>
> >I had lately a conversation with Claus Fenner.  If I understand well he
was
> >explaining  about
> >  the way Steinway Hamburg installs their soundboards: since the rim is
first
> >made they force the board
> >for the last millimeters  into the rim , push it,  really stress  it
into
> >the rim , tight fit, no gaps
> >  and this should be the difference between Steinway and other brands.
That
> >way in killer octave
> >(should be the stiffest part of the soundboard) the board can better
resist
> >to downbearing and
> >produce this Steinwaysound. Or did I misunderstood this?
> >
> >Danny Boddin
> >Ternat Belgium
>
>
> No, you probably didn't misunderstand it as it was told to you. You're
just
> accepting that Claus Fenner and Steinway are right when they say anything.
> It's been my experience that it is utterly unimportant (except for looks)
> that the edge of the soundboard contact the outer rim in any way. The glue
> joint between the panel and inner rim is what does the job. It couldn't
> hurt to fill the area with wedges and epoxy, but it's a lot of time spent
> on something that won't make a difference in the final performance of the
> board, and it most certainly won't help the killer octave.
>
> Ron N
>
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