Epoxy on soundboards

Horace Greeley hgreeley@stanford.edu
Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:38:49 -0700


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Joe,

At 08:30 AM 10/21/2004, you wrote:
>Dale said: "Joe
>   We were talking about thick finishes & your comment about that  much
>material killing the sound. My point is that other makers lay on a 
>pretty  thick
>layer of plastic. Is it affecting the sound? dunno for sure"
>    Dale,
>Ah So! Brain Fart, on my part. :-(
>You are correct, but I'd wager that the coating is not very thick, as in 
>the Bechstein I was referring to. It had a VERY thick coat, as in over 
>1/16"! Just too much of a good thing, IMHO.

Brain Farts aside, with plastic that thick, it sure was shiny!

...brings to mind the old Sears Silvertone line of just about everything, 
errr, ahhhhhh, ummmmm, musical...

....probably affects the temperament, too...

Cheers!

Horace

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