Shallow ribs on great old boards.

[gordon stelter]

Thanks!
     Thump

--- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote:

> I've yanked apart a couple old upright Knabes.
> Either those ribs warped over
> time or they had some pretty tight radii cut into
> them - the ribs had quite
> a bit of crown on them after removing them from the
> panel.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> 
> > Interesting. This may be superfluous, but I would
> like
> > to mention that some of the best-sounding old
> upright
> > pianos I have seen have very wide, shallow ribs.
> And
> > no cracks in the still very "live" boards. Knabe.
> > Ivers and Pond. Mason.
> >      Not intending to muddy things here. I believe
> in
> > and support the idea of rib-crowning. But how did
> > these allegedly CC boards survive in Georgia for
> 100
> > years so well? Lots of varnish?
> >      Thump
> 
> 
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