I've always been intrigued by the routed groove I've seen around the perimeter of a Seiler soundboard. If you were rebuilding a piano with otherwise good board but the panel was thicker than what you wanted, I wonder what kind of results you could achieve by routing a similar groove. In such experimentation it would certainly be helpful to know what the panel thickness was. Has anyone tried such a technique? At least around the tail area and bass side. It seems it could yield results similar to floating the board in the bass area. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 4:28 AM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Measuring soundboard thickness I do not design soundboards, but I do build them. I am not aware of any good way to measure panel thickness when glued to the piano rim, except to measure with calipers at the nosebolt holes and at the belly rail edge (that will certainly give you a general idea). But that begs the question: why would anyone need to know the panel thickness? Seems to me that in some situations one may be curious of the original panel thickness if one were replacing the soundboard, but then one would have the luxury of measuring with the panel out and could use destructive techniques if need be. But what would you use that info for if you were not going to replace the soundboard? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "V T" > I am sure this is old stuff for those of you who > design soundboards, but I will post it anyway. I > often wondered about methods of measuring soundboard > thickness, once the board is installed. >> > Vladan _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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