[pianotech] Soundboard Analysis

John Delacour JD at Pianomaker.co.uk
Thu Jun 23 16:14:19 MDT 2011


At 14:20 -0700 23/06/2011, Albert Picknell wrote:

>The plate drops when you let off tension.  Because the string plane 
>is below the plate struts, the struts rise when you put tension on 
>the strings, and drop when you release that tension.  It's like 
>stringing/destringing a bow.

...except that bows aren't made of cast iron and don't need to stay in tune.

Piano makers use two main approaches to the design of the structure 
to make sure that this cannot happen.

JD





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