Piano Construction Origins, was: Butt-Jointed Ribs

[Farrell]

No wonder we won that war! Very interesting tid bit. Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Jolly" <roger.j@sasktel.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Piano Construction Origins, was: Butt-Jointed Ribs


> Hi Terry,
>                Baldwin pin blocks was originally developed to make mine 
> sweeper hull ribs, in WW11.
> 
> Roger
> 
> 
> 
> At 07:46 AM 11/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >Del wrote:
> >
> >"....so much of early piano construction came from the wooden boatbuilding 
> >industry of the day."
> >
> >Now you've got my interest! Is there some traceable lineage from boats to 
> >pianos? I can't quite picture where pianos have things in common with 
> >boatbuilding as opposed to furniture or buildings. I trust the use of hide 
> >glue is not one of the things in common?
> >
> >Or are you just pulling my leg and now I am looking like a major dufus 
> >because I fell for it?  ;-)
> >
> >Terry Farrell
> >
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