Soundboards

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: April 20, 2000 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: Soundboards


> The six-foot kimball likely sounds good because Kimball happened to get a
> decent shape/downbearing/glue joint to the board, and it is ALOT bigger
than
> those plywood spinets & consoles (I see alot of them and do not notice
much
> difference between them & solid spruce at that size).
>
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Well, let's not fall into this trap.  Soundboard size has very little to do
with anything until they get too large.  Then they are difficult to control.
Shape matters as do a bunch of other design elements having to do with the
other differences between a spinet/console and a considerably larger grand,
but, at least with some practical limits, size is not usually a factor.

Del