[pianotech] Soundboard Graffiti

[Duaine Hechler]

Weirder yet, cover to soundboard with a thin layer of plastic.

That should keep in the humidity and help keep the soundboard from
cracking ?

Even more weirder, make the soundboard out of plexiglass - then it will
never break and yet still be flexible.

Which that may not sound so weird after all.

In the old Edison phonographs, what was the vibrating diaphragm made of ?

Duaine

Tony Caught wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Having a bad day ? customers got you down? Or has some piano tuner been
> saying nasty things about you ? I know that Tassie is down under down under
> but comments are supposed to be enlightening not down under the belt.
>
> And you forgot to mention the elasticity of the various stickers and the
> effects of lack of moisture penetration with the fluctuation of the
> humidity.  
>
> Now there is a thought.
>
> What would happen if we covered the entire back of the soundboard with
> plastic stickers ? Would it reduce the effects of humidity variations and
> thus make the piano more stable in tuning ?
>
> Your thoughts please.
>
>
> Tony Caught
> acaught at internode.on.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner
> Sent: Saturday, 25 September 2010 11:51 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Soundboard Graffiti
>
> Sy,
> You are supposed to be the expert in this situation, when advising clients.
> How many stickers have you observed on the actual soundboard? What would
> be their combined weight, if stacked together on one location?
> If they are loose, do the buzz or rattle?
> Use your common sense and knowledge of piano technology!
>
>
>
>   
>> This piano is in a school music room. Check out the photo attached.
>>
>> Does the soundboard like all that adhesive and paper? Could it dampen the
>> soundboard? The piano sounded normal when I tuned it.
>>
>> Sy Zabrocki--RPT
>>     
>
>
>
>   


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