The Soundboard bit.. RC&S

[William R. Monroe]

Ric,

For someone who wants others to be so factual and quantitative about 
information they present, much of what you present as fact really is not.

You speculate on what Schimmel tried.  Same with Yamaha.  You have no 
information as to what exactly they did.  I think we assume a lot when we 
suggest that because a company is large and well-funded that they know how 
to do things the "right" way.  I think that is one thing that got this 
thread started initially re: S&S NY.

I like this quote from you, Ric,
"But I will be the first to admit my position is belief based when it comes 
right down to it."

I don't think anyone could have said it better.

I also think that a good portion of why many independent rebuilders are 
favoring RC&S boards is longevity of the board and it's intended 
characteristics.

Best,
William R. Monroe



> Terry. We are talking about a major German piano manufacturer whose 
> efforts and financial expenditures into this matter extended over quite a 
> bit more then a single <<shot in the dark>> as it were.  I really rather 
> think they tried many many combinations of things, as such places usually 
> do.  And after these several years of experimentation they couldnt get the 
> sound they were after... they went back. Yamaha as also spend enormous 
> amounts trying every conceivable thing before arriving at their own CC 
> variant.  Curved ribs or not its a CC board by and large. Petrof believes 
> that a tapering in the middle of the flitches before glueing together the 
> panel is imperative to creating the right kinds of insternal stresses for 
> their panels. And they have some measure of scientific data to support 
> their theory.
>
> These people are not just blokes with a shop back in some inexpensive worn 
> down industry district struggling to make ends meet from piano to piano. 
> Nor are they ignorant as to how to go about experimentation into such 
> matters.
>
> The fact remains they went into a long period of experimentation with RC & 
> S boards and dropped it because they didnt like the sound they were 
> getting.  And hey !!! What does that prove except that there IS actaully a 
> discernble difference in resultant sounds for different constructions (as 
> if that should really be a suprise) and that these particular folks had 
> tastes that went in the direction of a CC board. ? Whats so problematic 
> about that ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>