Making Piano Wood for Grand Piano Soundboards - How its made
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
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Making Piano Wood for Grand Piano Soundboards - How its made
There are not many people manufacturing this product that I know of, I'll walk you through it in this video. This is our process from years of trial and error.
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Music:
Some background noise by yours truly
also
No. 4 Piano Journey - Esther Abrami
True Art Real Affection Part 2 - Noire Et Blanc Vie
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The mill looks incredibly cleaner. And your videos are very well done!
Thank you Robert! I have put many hours into the clean up, so its nice that someone noticed. It's probably because you used to trip on sticks out here too.
@@MountainVoiceInc haha, 100% because I was tripping over everything. 🤣
@@timberwolf7350 ya me too.
This video is well done! I would use the word 'Making' or 'Sawing' in the title
About time for a good one i figured. There are a few hours into this piece. I will take your advice on the title suggestion. Appreciate your feedback as always Kevin.
Couldn't those smaller pieces be used for rib stock for pianos , guitars, violins, etc?
Maybe. You are talking about the short cut offs usually they have some form of grain run out which makes them hard to use for guitars and violins. But I do have a plan to put them to use.
Your editing is improving. I think it will help it tore sometimes explain things to people that have no idea about wood, why is important for the wood to be white? Why does the grain need to be vertical? What difference does that make?
Also opportunity for interaction with your audience. Get people to “ask questions in the comment box below” type thing.
Thanks Chiko! I'm not sure if my skills are up, but the time spent did go up.
Well I should't be telling you this, but i don't think the colour of the wood has any affect on the sound... Hopefully i'm not chastised too much for this, but the colour just represents a traditional look of a traditional instrument.
Vertical grain is for stability among other things, just picture a glue laminated door except 3 times wider and 1/4" thick. I could mention that in another video. Good suggestion.
Can a person buy individual slats from you directly?
Short answer is probably no. Do you mean the body slats as in bent sides of a piano? For grand piano soundboards I recommend contacting pianos bolduc in Quebec, they take the wood we cut here and glue lam, bend and brace the soundboard for grands.
@@MountainVoiceInc no. I rebuild pianos and I’m looking just slats of soundboard grade spruce for soundboard repairs. Bolduc doesn’t sell just the individual boards
Are these Sitka Spruce trees?
Engelmann spruce, A little whiter wood, tighter grain slightly lighter, but fairly similar to sitka on average
@@MountainVoiceInc That wood looks beautiful. I’m in the process of reclaiming the soundboards from 2 late 1800 pianos to build guitars with. My builder and I aren’t sure what kind of spruce we have. One looks a lot like Engelmann as you describe and the other is reddish which makes me think it’s Adirondack. Maybe I can send you a picture and see what you think. Ultimately we’re going to send a sample of each to have them analyzed.
@@rewerbm That’s pretty interesting. possibly a German spruce or Swiss spruce unless you know for sure it’s from North America. If it is from North America it’s likely Sitka. Engelmann is most similar to German spruce in colour, but it’s a relatively new sub species in instruments as it only grows in higher elevations and specific climates. Send photos anyway though. Mountain Voice Inc on IG might be fun, then I can repost them.
@@MountainVoiceInc sent several pics over on your IG