Hello Horace, Can you expand and clarify your comment about changes made in soundboard construction over time ("beginning in the mid-1950s, and pretty much completed during the later 1980s/early 1990s")? Is this something peculiar to Steinway? Are you commenting on the private rebuilding industry? Or is this a comment about the manufacturing industry in general? Thanks. Terry Farrell www.farrellpiano.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu> SNIP > - This goes largely, but not exclusively co-equally to the much-debated > method of construction used, changes made in those methods over time > (beginning in the mid-1950s, and pretty much completed during the later > 1980s/early 1990s), and, like it or not, the combined problems faced by > all piano makers of decreasing quality both as to raw materials and labor > pool.
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC