interesting piano

[John Dewey]

Since there are no holes in the sound board, since there are no nose bolts,
since there are no back posts I can not see a cross section of the sound
board. Judging from the one crack in the sound board I do not think it is
laminated. There are about the number of parallel ribs that I am used to
seeing. It sure is easy to check the crown without those pesky back post in
the way.

An interesting side note. When the PTG chapter picnic was here last week the
tecks with a strong musician background first comment was "The sharps are
rounded on the back like an organ's". The tecks who do not have a strong
musician background first comment was "There aren't any back posts".


John Dewey


>John,
>
>Double check your soundboard.  It's not unusual for the Mathusheks to have
>laminated boards or even no ribs.  However, all of the ones I've seen still
>had plenty of viable crown.
>
>Wouldn't you love to get hold of old M's shop notes?
>
>
>Allan
>Allan L. Gilreath, RPT
>Assistant Institute Director
>PTG Annual Convention
>Arlington, VA July 5-9, 2000
>Agilreath@mindspring.com
>706 629-3063