<HTML>Del, Years ago I first heard you talk about the potential of laminated soundboard.  Since then I have kept my ears and mind open as I came across these creatures.  I usually found them in pianos which would as you said not sound very well regardless of the material used. I have one piano I restrung and reblocked several years ago, a Kimball 5 1/2 footer with a laminated soundboard from the 1950s I think, maybe a little later.  This piano had an amazing tone, sweet and mellow played softly and strong and clear played loudly.  The bass was also good for a piano it's size.  It was played by a couple of professional pianists who were amazed that it bore the name it did and asked me if I was sure of its genealogy.   This may have been a fluke but it does provide some antidotal evidence in favor of laminate sound boards. Unfortunately, I guess it is the nature of our business to be so locked in "tradition" Andrew Remillard Always looking out of the box.</HTML>