[pianotech] Thubby Chipboard, was: Flagpoling

[Avery Todd]

Wim, it wasn't tubbiness. It was thubbyness. LOL

Avery

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, <tnrwim at aol.com> wrote:

> You're both wrong. The tubbyness came from the hammer flanges with broken
> loops
>
> Wim
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 5:17 am
> Subject: [pianotech] Thubby Chipboard, was: Flagpoling
>
>  Okay, so the little Yamy had a "thubby" sound. What leads you to
> conclude it was because of the chipboard (more than likely MDF) cabinet
> core? Personally, I'm quite sure any "thubby" sounds were a direct result
> of the plastic keytops - anyone knows plastic will never sound like ivory.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
>  On Aug 10, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
>
>    And please allow me to add, briefly, that I had a HORRIBLE experience
> with flagpoling pins in a Georgia-built Yamaha P-22 upright once that was
> so bad it made tuning nearly impossible. Caused by extremely tight tuning
> pins and perhaps the wrong type of steel, in combo. (It also had a
> chipboard cabinet core, which made it sound "thubby". )
>
> Thumpe
>
>
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