Phil, Thanks for the good chuckle! Of course you know that I was talking about a keyboard, right? Phillip L Ford wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > -- Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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