Thicker than what and how thick is always the question. Thickness is somewhat wood species dependent and any mans best guess. But iahve my opinions about this Gene are you confused yet? Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Ronsen Piano hammers Sales,custom prep and tech support 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Wed, Aug 4, 2010 9:28 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] rcs design considerations Assuming same scale tensions I would probably use a slightly thicker panel. I don't think I'd alter the rib dimensions. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: "Gene Nelson" <nelsong at intune88.com> Sender: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:15:19 -0700 To: <pianotech at ptg.org> ReplyTo: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] rcs design considerations Hello list, Just curious: For a typical radius crowned design for a 9ft grand that would go into a Steinway - how would you alter the design if the piano had softwood rim? Would you alter the design? Gene -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100805/c11f951e/attachment-0001.htm>
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