No Duaine, I'm sorry, but you are wrong. The piano was perfected over 100 years ago - this sounds like nothing but a bunch of witchcraft to me........ ;-0 Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duaine & Laura Hechler" <dahechler at att.net> > It sounds like we are on the verge of a new generation of piano > technology - for strength - and - sound. > > Duaine > > perrys piano restorations wrote: >> Thanks for the inquiry... I hope to have audio soon! I am scheduled >> to hire a recording studio to set up and cut a cd in a couple of >> months. As for the plate, what a project this was! It is a stacked >> weldment of advanced high strength steel, bonded with carbon fiber >> panels, and a flexible resin matrix to hold the decorative carving >> on. The flexible resin is time tested succesfully in salt water for >> over 55 years. This plate will not absorb near the flexing, and this >> is expected to last almost 200 years. (I'll be gone by then). >> anyway, it comes in at 1/3 the weight of a standard 9' plate, with >> higher stiffness, and nearly the exact yield strength. Fatigue >> properties will also be good on this design. All fitted steel parts >> are tabbed and notched to mechanically fit together prior to welding, >> so that stress is not on welds, but shear strength of the steel >> itself. It took my shop over 1,000 hours to produce this plate. >> Mark PErry
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