This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment My dreams of laminated soundboard bliss have been shattered. Fun reading for those inclined: (from a newpaper article I found on the web)=20 http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/niveau2.cgi?s=3Dgeneric&p=3D9666.html&a= =3D1 "The three most important things in a piano are its 'action' (hammers), = strings and soundboard," says Besse.=20 Sound quality is paramount. To produce a rich sound, it needs a solid = soundboard.=20 Besse compares soundboards to crystal:=20 "Take two crystal glasses. You flick the first glass with your finger = and it 'binggggs' forever, that's what I would refer to as a solid, = wooden soundboard. Then you take the other glass, and it looks pretty, = but when you flick it it goes 'plunk' and there is no ring ... that is like a laminated soundboard." Arrrrrggggggggggg. Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3b/ab/62/f1/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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