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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Dell and all the =
others,
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>I've read a few years =
ago an article
about carbongraphite made instruments. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>It was somebody in =
France who made
violins, cello's, ... in this material. He also was looking for =
making
piano's (or some parts of it, don't know it very shure) in this =
material.
I don't know whohe is and where he lives in France. I've looked =
for it
several times but until this moment I don't have found anything =
more.
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>ISAAC OLEG do you know =
something
about. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Greetings, =
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>Peter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Arial size=2>'t =
MUZIEKINSTRUMENTENATELIER<BR>PETER
KESTENS<BR>BELGIUM<BR><A
href="mailto:KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE">KESTENS.P@DEBCOM.BE</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Oorspronkelijk
bericht-----</B><BR><B>Van: </B>Delwin D Fandrich <<A
=
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>>=
<BR><B>Aan:
</B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> =
<<A
=
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Datum: =
</B>zondag 15 februari 1998 23:37<BR><B>Onderwerp: </B>Re: a =
different piano
design...<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<P>Mike Swendsen wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE = CITE> <FONT size=-1>Del:</FONT><FONT
size=-1>About 7 or 8 years ago I played a wonderful guitar =
that had a
carbon graphite top. The tone was powerful and warm. =
Really
a delight to listen to and to play. I often thought =
since
then that it would probably be quite possible to build =
soundboard
including bridges and ribs out of carbon graphite/boron graphite =
etc.. ( some new composite material) Everything =
could be
built-up or cast as necessary or as designed, I'm sure there a =
re fewer
construction restrictions with the new materials than with =
spruce.
And it would be absolutely water/humidity resistant. ( No =
seasonal
tuning changes due to humidity changes)</FONT><FONT size=-1>If =
it could
be made to sound as good as that guitar sounded, who =
knows?</FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=-1>C. Mike Swendsen
=
RPT</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>------------------------------=
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<P>Mike,
<P>There are several materials available today that would probably =
make good
piano soundboards. Take a look at the patent files. I've worked with =
only a
couple of them, and those only enough to probably be dangerous. That =
is to
say, I'm not ready to give up on Sitka spruce quite yet.
<P>There are a number of problems facing the brave soul who first =
tries to
market a piano with a composite -- or whatever -- soundboard. Most =
of those
problems will have to do with convincing the technical community =
that they
will really work. No matter that this board may appear in the best =
sounding
piano the world has ever seen.
<P>Del <BR> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>