Soundboards

[Farrell]

Sorry for the delay in my post here - been out of town for a couple days.
Just had to put my 2 cents in though, as my jaw still drops when I think of
the following: I bought a NEW Steinway 1098 several years ago and upon
checking out the shape of the soundboard found it to have a REVERSE crown to
the tune of over 1/4-inch. Piano didn't sound bad. I really started to get
intrigued about pianos when I observed that the pinblock was pulling away
from the back frame! This problematic piano is what first got me interested
in piano technology.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: Soundboards


> >Hi List  would you explain what is known about reverxe crown in older
> >uprights??  Pat Neely
>
> Hi Pat,
> I've never seen one with an intentionally reverse crowned soundboard, so I
> don't have any useful information on them. I have, however, seen a whole
> lot of both verticals and grands of all ages from new to over a hundred
> years old that, while supposedly originally having positively crowned
> boards, actually had negatively crowned ones at the time I saw them.
> Soundboards can be driven into a negative crown as a result of poor
design,
> overloading bearing, poor construction technique, age and humidity
> extremes, etc. What was the brand?
>
> Ron N
>