---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Andrew, The piano is built by Kawai, though it's to Schiedmayer specs, supposedly. Maybe Don Maninno knows. Don? Dave Stahl In a message dated 7/2/04 4:45:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ANRPiano@aol.com writes: > Dave, > > This has been a question I have been pondering for a while now. I have had > two situations which have got me thinking about the relationship between > soundboard finish and tuning stability. For several years now I have used a > marine epoxy to seal all of my old soundboards to add lost stiffness and then top > coating with either shellac (which I am no longer using) or the water borne > lacquer. Once these pianos have settled down they are remarkably stable with > very little pitch movement. (Quite an accomplishment in Chicago.) And the > other experience, though with a shorter time frame and more antidotal, is my > friend David Graham's experience with Fazioli pianos. I had a conversation > with Mr. Fazioli when he was in town regarding the finish on his soundboards, > there was something of a language barrier, but I gathered he had a water > barrier sealer he applied to both sides of his boards. David tells me, much to his > disappointment, that these pianos are remarkably stable for their > environment. > > So, do you have any idea what kind of finish is on the soundboard? A > finishing material which doesn't do screwy things with the stiffness of the panel > would actually be the answer to tuning stability problems at least as far as > soundboard generated problems goes. > > Andrew Remillard > > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a2/a4/a5/a4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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