Pictures of Intereting Sound board designs (Modified by Kent Swafford)

[gordon stelter]

Dale,
    That "little" upright is still pretty big. It's
WIDE ( see size of cheekblocks ? ) so I suspect it
still has plenty of board area, and string length.

     Respectfully,
     Thump


--- Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:

> List
>   Just sharing some interesting stuff. What I'm
> finding out over time 
> is that the pianos I like the sound of most for
> their sustain ,power & 
> overall clarity are those that have taller than
> wide ribs & many. 
> Enclosed are the picture of a samll Elburn
> 45"upright. It sounds 
> amazing . If I was to build a small piano I'd copy
> this design. It's 
> WAY better than 95% of those  I hear. It Has 11 ribs
> & a funky little 
> bridge patch for two tenor wrapped strings. The
> break is good.
>    Hey Stwy ms have ten ribs Stwy A-3' Have 12 Also
> the ribs are not 
> perpendicular to the panel grain.
>   I love Ludwigs. Great pianos. The Big Fat 1905
> victorian Ludwig in 
> the ornate case blew me away with the first note.
> Sustain to spare .It 
> has 12  Taller ribs  & nice cutoff bars. One can
> almost imagine a 
> teardrop shape
>      The other was a piano the owner said was to
> good to junk. An 
> Emerson cut down & garden -ized. Still Interesting
> sound with strange 
> grain angle & rib config. But taller ribs and many.
> Panel grain 
> opposite of normal. The Last is a Stwy Long A in the
> redisign process. 
> I added one more rib in the treble & fanned the
> treble ribs to be more 
> perpendicular to the Bridge.
>   The nice part about this is that there is a rib
> every 6 unison 
> patches & 3 ribs under the killer octave instead of
> 2. I'm planning to 
> have the A in Kansas City in June or My D. Maybe
> both.
>   Terry Farrel made me the beautiful Cut off bar for
> this job. Thanks 
> Terry.
>   Dale
>    
> Erwins Pianos Restorations
> 4721 Parker Rd.
> Modesto, Ca 95357
> 209-577-8397
> Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales
> www.Erwinspiano.com
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