Steel soundbaord. was Re: glass soundboard, was Re: ele

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:27:32 +0100
> From:          =D6sten  H=E4ggmark
>                <haggmark@mailbox.calypso.net>
> Subject:       Re: Steel soundbaord. was Re: glass soundboard, was Re: e=
lectrical ears
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu

I believe a guy in my area of S.F. is working on a graphite
soundboard..


> >When you think about it, what are the chances of two technicians, half =
a
> >world away, finding out they worked on the only two pianos with a steel
> >soundboard ever made in the world. Isn't this internet great?
> >
> >Willem Blees  RPT
> >St. Louis.
>
>   Great is a too small word!
>
>
>   To sad we can't verify that it was a Frankel and that there was only 2=
 of
> them built, that would have been interesting information. But since both
> you and I have have lost track of the instruments, maybe it wasn't meant=
 to
> be preserved for history.
>
>   The theme of that particular part of mr Conklins article was new
> materials in piano building over the years. He also mentions an American
> harpsicord builder called John Challis who many years later (1961)
> constructed a piano with a metal soundboard and bridge. A recording of t=
his
> piano can be heard on a CD that cames with the book. In 1969, a P A Bert
> issued a US patent describing a soundboard with a sandwich construction
> consisting of a cellular core and plastic facings.
>
>   I had never heard of the fantastic glass soundboard but I am glad that
> the tradition of trying crazy new things continues!
>
>
> Greetings
> =D6sten H=E4ggmark
> Stockholm, Sweden
>
> PS Don't worry about the dots
>
>
>
>
ilvey, RPT
Pacifica, CA