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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=baldwin@mta-01.sk.sympatico.ca
href="mailto:baldwin@mta-01.sk.sympatico.ca">Baldwin Yamaha Piano =
Centre</A>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 09, 2002 4:40 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Laminated =
soundboards. was
Re: Bridge design</DIV>
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<DL></DL><FONT color=#000080>Yes. He managed to make a piano using =
a
standard, off-the-shelf Samick laminated soundboard sound very good. =
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<DIV><BR>Hi
=
Del,<BR>  =
;
I think he installed the board himself, plus modified it by routering =
out a
relief to reduce the stiffness along the rim. I believe he also =
designed and
installed the ribs. So hardly a stock board. But I agree with =
you, I
think we would be pleasantly surprised if the design thrust was =
quality and re
producability.<BR>In theory a laminated board should be more =
predictable, it's
just that most of the practices have been all bad, resulting in a bum =
wrap for
laminated boards</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I didn't mean to imply that he didn't modify =
them a
bit. My point being only that he started with the same stock soundboard =
and
ribset that Samick starts with. He did, of course, also design a new =
scale and
made new bridges. Nothing that couldn't be done by Samick if they so =
chose. (But
we won't tell -- )</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Ron's is the only effort that I have seen that has aimed at =
quality
tone production.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Well, there were one or two floating around =
at Baldwin
a few years back....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV>
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