plywood keys???

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:36:45 -0400


Why would it do away with the flex?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Horace Greeley" <hgreeley@stanford.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: plywood keys???


>
> Sarah,
>
> At 11:04 AM 9/15/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi Don,
> >
> >If it were a grand, I'd see some utility to having laminates oriented
> >obliquely in a largely longitudinal direction, making dog-legged
keysticks
> >more rigid.  But of course these keysticks would be pretty straight,
> >wouldn't they...
>
> They weren't when Grotrian used this system...which I think they still
> do...very stable, pretty much does away with "flex" in the keystick, much
> more solid height and dip with less work.
>
> Best.
>
> Horace
>
>
>
> >Peace,
> >Sarah
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne"
> ><Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 1:31 PM
> >Subject: Re: plywood keys???
> >
> >
> >>Gee Don.. I think that means they take them apart and put them back
> >>together again 17 times... just so they are double sure they get it
right !  :)
> >>
> >>anon
> >>
> >>Don wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hi,
> >>>
> >>>Anyone care to comment on "All keys are multi laminatedan astonishing
17
> >>>times"?
> >>>
> >>>http://www.wendl-lung.com/einlageblatt_e.htm
> >>>
> >>>Regards,
> >>>Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
> >>>
> >>
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