circle of sound

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 07:57 1/24/2005 -0600, you wrote:

>Subject: Re: circle of sound
>
>It is my understanding that the Bosey rim is not laminated spruce but solid
>spruce edge glued and end glued to gether and then the shape is carved out
>of that.  That would keep the vibration back to the SB sine there are no
>plies to soak it up>
>Jim
>James Grebe
>
>
>Bosendorfer released a tech video in the late 1980"s(?), of their
>manufacturing plant.  It showed the rim being kerf cut so it would bend
>around the inner rim.  The inside and outside of the rim were veneered.  The
>kerf cuts were filled with wedges and the edge(s) veneered to match.  I can
>only assume they still do this today.
>
>Paul C

Yo! Paul,

I've got some pictures of the kerfing and filling from my '97 visit that I 
could send you, but others have been there much more recently and will 
probably confirm the continuing practice.





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