I think you're missing the point. I wasn't trying to suggest a right way or to point out a wrong way about anything. Dean was asking for some technical advice about floating the bass of a soundboard of a small piano. And I was simply trying to point out that there may be more to a good execuation of that feature/technique than meets the eye and that there are some very capable piano designers out there who have quite a bit of experience with this specific piano belly feature who may be willing to provide input. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- > Well.. certainly most everyone on this planet evidently needs some kind of > a god to believe in for just about everything to be sure. My point is > that there are no end of piano design deities out there... most of them > are quite capable of designing a fine sounding instrument. Most of them > vary (sometimes quite significantly) in approach, most of them make no > bones about declaring most everyone else has having fatal flawed > thinking.... and none of them seem to see how ridiculous this all is. > > For myself... I realized years ago the <<one way>> gang in whatever area > of life one finds them... are always ... well..... wrong. I've heard it > a million times... > > "there are two ways of doing things... the wrong way... and MY way." > > Cheers > RicB > > > > I think thats probably why a lot of folks around the world > stick to what > > they do... because they already know how to do it and they > get a very nice > > result. > > > True. But some who are able to think out of the box consult experienced > piano designers familiar with unconventional design approaches for > input. > > It's why the Goddess made Del Fandrich and Ron Nossaman and Ron Overs. > > Terry Farrell >
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