Rims & tuning forks

antares antares@euronet.nl
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:00:30 +0100




On 23-jan-05, at 1:54, Terry wrote:

> Please specify when referring to a rim - inner or outer?
>
> Terry Farrell
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>
>> I think...... (therefor I am, but it's almost 12 pm and Horace's
>> message seems to have flown by a long time ago) that what Horace meant
>> was that you get different results with a tuning fork if you put in on
>> the rim of a Steinway and on the rim of a Bösendorfer.
>> Of course that does make sense and it was not flippant at all I think.
>>
>> The rim of the Steinway is completely different from the Bösendorfer
>> rim as it is multi-layered with hard woods.
>> The rim of the Bösendorfer on the other hand is made of spruce which
>> has been sawed in like a harmonica so that you can bend it.  
>> Afterwards
>> it is veneered.
>> The sound of the Bösendorfer rim is definitely different as it is less
>> massive and because the wood used is so much different.
>>
>> André Oorebeek
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I meant the outer rim.


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from
André Oorebeek

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