Phillip Ford wrote: And I haven't yet become personally convinced that a RC > soundboard can produce this. Phil, If I understand you right, you don't think a Rib Crowned board can be built to sound like a Panel Crowned board. If I have this right I say I can't agree. If you make the board with the same sized ribs, the same crown, the same panel thickness and and they both have the some bearing then I believe they will sound the same. They will have the same mass and stiffness and therefor the same acoustical properties. John Hartman RPT John Hartman Pianos [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin Grand Pianos Since 1979 Piano Technicians Journal Journal Illustrator/Contributing Editor [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015]
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