<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Gordon wrote:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>"What better explanation could there possibly = be for this contrast than that hard woods transmit runaway vibrations back = to the board for further expression as audible sound, AKA the much-maligned "Circle of Sound" ? </DIV> <DIV>  Absolutely! I agree completely. And = the proof is in the fact that the case material is the one and only difference = between these two pianos!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You are not even comparing apples and = oranges - you are comparing drive shafts and conjugated verbs!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll pass on the kazoo.....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>> Dear Cynical Smartypantses, > =      I've been puttering around with a 106 year old > Everett upright, in preparation for the TCM festival; > and marveling at how an = unrestored piano such as this > can still sound so wonderful: with a rich, = warm, clean > and well-defined tone! >      = And then I noticed that every bit of the case > ( under the veneer, that is = ) seems to be solid ash, > excepting the keybed, which is laminated rock maple > similar in configuration to the glued-up boards = used > in bowling alleys. >      And then I remembered = the new, Georgia-built > Yamaha upright I tuned at a church last year: with = its > particle board case and exceptionally muddy, = "thubby" > tone..... >      What better explanation could = there possibly be > for this contrast than that hard woods = transmit > runaway vibrations back to the board for further > expression as = audible sound, AKA the much-maligned > "Circle of Sound" ?  >      While we may consider many of those in = the > marketing end of the piano business worthy of a good > spanking, = are we perhaps guilty of letting our disdain > of them denigrate a valid = concept ? >      Thump > > > = > > --- Ron Nossaman <<A = href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</A>> wrote: > > > > > >It has been tuned by two = other RPT's recently. I > > tuned it yesterday and > > = >am going back > > >to Charleston ( that's where the piano is-50 = miles > > up the road) next > > >week to see > > = >  how MY tuning fared. It was mostly unisons, the > > worst in the = A-49 thru > > >C-64 range. > > > > Killer = octave country. I'd check crown for sure > > there. > > = > > > > >One other thing I didn't mention in my first = post > > is that I found a > > >plate lag bolt, > > >the = one in the extreme right front that was not > > snugged down to = the > > >point that the flat washer > > >and the lock washer = both would spin. > > > > Did the rebuilder mount the plate = with the old lags > > (on dowels?) instead of > > the bolt = suspension system designed for this plate? > > > > = > > >Should this project proceed, and while the board is > = > out, do you see any > > >benefit in modifying > > >or = adding to the bracing etc. Re-inventing the > > wheel so to = speak. > > > > If it was my project, I'd want to add = bracing, > > cutoff and fish, new rib > > scale, soundboard, bridges, = string scale with no > > wrapped trichords, and do > > something = about that front duplex. > > > > > > = >I've > > >already told the church > > >that regardless of = what else is going on they have > > a climate control > > = >problem they will have to address. > > > > Good! I didn't = realize this was a church from your > > first post. > > = > > Ron N > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech = list info: > > <A href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> <FON= T face=Arial size=2>> > > > > > = > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? = > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > <A href="http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail">http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail</A> > _______________________________________________ > = pianotech list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> <FON= T face=Arial size=2>> </BODY></HTML>