Rim Construction

[Farrell]

Ooops, I know I should NEVER say ALL. Many asian pianos use "select
hardwood" (even if it is kinda soft). What else do they use? Are any
Steinwayesque in their approach? Or are they "non-select hardwood"? ;-)

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <drose@dlcwest.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: Rim Construction


> Hi Terry,
>
> Not all Asian pianos use "select hardwood" for the rim.
>
> At 08:16 AM 10/31/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > restricting the view to the piano rim, what are piano rims
> >made of? I know Steinway are all hard maple laminations. I know most
Baldwin
> >grands are hard maple laminations (I guess they have experimented a bit
in
> >the past). I know Asian pianos are laminated soft hardwoods (select!).
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
> drose@dlcwest.com
> http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/
>
> 3004 Grant Rd.
> REGINA, SK
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> 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
>
>