"Circle of Sound" proof ??? ( Convince me otherwise and win afree kazoo! )

[Dave Nereson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry" <terry@farrellpiano.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: "Circle of Sound" proof ??? ( Convince me otherwise and win 
afree kazoo! )


Gordon wrote:

"What better explanation could there possibly be
for this contrast than that hard woods transmit
runaway vibrations back to the board for further
expression as audible sound, AKA the much-maligned
"Circle of Sound" ?

Absolutely! I agree completely. And the proof is in the fact that the case 
material is the one and only difference between these two pianos!

You are not even comparing apples and oranges - you are comparing drive 
shafts and conjugated verbs!

I'll pass on the kazoo.....

Terry Farrell


     Anybody know how good a tone that see-through (plexiglass) Kawai has? 
If it's about the same as other (wooden-rimmed) Kawais, then aparently the 
rim material doesn't matter that much, at least in a Kawai.  I wonder if 
they mortised the ribs into the plexiglass rim -- I doubt it (can't remember 
if they do that on the wooden rims).  And how is the soundboard liner, or 
inner rim,  fastened to the plastic rim?
    --David Nereson, RPT