Piano Construction Origins, was: Butt-Jointed Ribs

[Farrell]

Nice to know they are good for something!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: Piano Construction Origins, was: Butt-Jointed Ribs


> 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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