Greg, Yes I knew. Thought it might be a chance for a (admittedly small) laugh though. Phil F --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215 San Francisco, CA 94124 On Thu, 24 Jan 2002 23:57:36 Greg Newell wrote: >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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