Right. All you need is a sitka spruce panel the size of a soundboard. You put pickups on all the strings, amplify the output, and transmit it to your soundboard speaker. Now you don't have to have a soundboard in the piano. Think of the savings. Phil F --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215 San Francisco, CA 94124 On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 00:05:40 Greg Newell wrote: >Greetings listees, > I thought I would forward this to the list. This is an answer to a >question I posted to the site given us by Terry Farrell. Once they >develop this item I'd love to hear how it sounds. Not sure I could ever >afford it but I'd love to hear it. > >Greg > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: just guitars? > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 17:00:56 +0800 > From: Petros Guitars <petros@petrosguitars.com> > To: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> > >This would work great for a piano. We hold the patent for that as well. >One would probably need a bigger soundboard for a really big piano sound >and we have not developed it as of yet. What we have now is ideal for >guitars, mandolins, violins and possibly cellos. We use Sitka >spruce. Thanks for the note. > >-- >Sincerely, >Bruce Petros > >Petros Guitars >345 Co. Rd. CE >Kaukauna, WI 54130 >920-766-1295 >http://www.petrosguitars.com >From: Greg Newell <gnewell@ameritech.net> > > Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:56:02 -0500 > To: info@soundboard.net > Subject: just guitars? > > > Dear Sirs, > Are these amps made for guitars only? Would you have a > keyboard > variety? Neat product!! I hope you're successful! What kind of > spruce do > you use? > > -- > Greg Newell > Greg's Piano Fort? > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net > > > >
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