Soundboard #001 Finished

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 19:37:50 -0400


Absolutely NOT! The low resolution is on purpose. It masks many boo-boos. Seriously though, specifically what details are you interested in? I will send photos of whatever you wish.

Terry Farrell

P.S. Thanks for the compliment. I've worked hard at it.
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: Soundboard #001 Finished


> I think this is just great Terry. Gotta admit your progress the last
> couple years is impressive as all get out, and a fine example to us all.
> 
> Forresten... Could you send me a full sized picture of this so I can see
> the details a bit more clearly ?
> 
> Cheers and congrats !!
> 
> RicB
> 
> 
> Farrell wrote:
> 
> > Well, here it is, all patched and painted and ready for plate
> > installation. Note loose foot along bottom of board and generous
> > cut-off sections in upper left (quite a bit larger than original), in
> > lower right (original dimension) and partial cut-off of sorts (or
> > maybe better described as a cross-over - think component stereo
> > speakers) - Del's patented Z-bar, which follows the curve of the two
> > Z-bar cap pieces seen in the central right-hand area of the board
> > (extending up and to the right of the tenor end of the bass bridge).
> > Note also how this picture turned out. It was taken with a flash, and
> > I was pointing directly/squarely toward the board. I thought this
> > would not turn out because I expected the flash to light up the whole
> > soundboard into just one bright light - but the darn soundboard has so
> > much curvature that the flash was reduced to the small bright spot in
> > the middle! Pretty cool.


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