piano/violin

[Don]

Hi Dave.

I have been away and so could not get my mail. Violins
have a *spruce* top and a *maple* back. Other woods
have been used sometimes. But the top plate is always
a soft wood.

Sorry to nit pick.

Downbearing on a fiddle is about 1/2 total tension or
40 lbs.
--- Dave Nereson <dnereson@dimensional.com> wrote:
 I
> agree that there the similarities end, since the
> violin top is carved from
> hardwood whereas the piano soundboard is "boards"
> butted together side by
> side, glued, then arched, or made convex.

Dave Nereson, RPT, cellist,
> pianist, nit-picker


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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

mailto:drose@dlcwest.com
http://donrose.xoasis.com/

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