>> Ron >> 8 mm /.320ish is on the thin side for a 9ft grand of any make . A >>board this thin doesn't really need much thinning. In fact it's >>probably not thick enough in the treble. I'm unaware of the German >>factory's rhetoric on panel thinning. I'm guessing it sounded a bit >>thin? grin >> Regards >> Dale >> >> Very often the factory line doesn't match the actual product. How >> often have we heard about the tapering of sound board panels from >> S&S. They may have done it at some time but . . . The original board >> which I pulled from a 1962 Hamburg D last year had a 8 mm thick panel >> everywhere. I still have the original panel at the workshop. >> >> Ron O. > > >Ok guys, why would the treble of a 9' piano be any different from >the treble of a 6' piano? > >Ron N I wouldn't regard them as different at all. I would use a similar panel thickness in the treble regardless of the length of instrument. Ron O. -- OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY Grand Piano Manufacturers _______________________ Web http://overspianos.com.au mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au _______________________
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