This particular type of tree is ideally suited for its role, and produces the most musical sound of any available material. These characteristics can be attributed to our choice of material – tight-grained, quarter-sawn Eastern White Spruce that is dried and aged to perfection. The Mason & Hamlin soundboard emanates a sound that can be described as both sweet and powerful, melodic and thunderous. It is the very heart of the instrument and essential to the unique voice of each piano. It is a thin, well-crafted piece of wood that, when subjected to vibrations of a string, is capable of producing the air pressure waves that we perceive as sound. The soundboard is the centerpiece of a piano’s essence. This material is no stranger to fine instruments – Stradivarius used Hard Rock Maple in the back and sides of his violins for its strong, robust, qualities. Richard Gertz specifically chose Flat-sawn Hard Rock Maple – one of the strongest most expensive cuts of Hard Rock Maple – for the Mason & Hamlin rim. Material choice is equally important when constructing a piano’s rim. at first glance, this may appear excessive, but when Richard Gertz designed the Mason & Hamlin piano in 1895, he understood that the rim is foundational to the entire piano – a strong, dense rim will reflect the energy produced by the soundboard, thereby enhancing a piano’s power and sustain, while a thinner, weaker rim will absorb this energy and detract from the piano’s potential power and sustain Flat-sawn Hard Rock Maple Mason & Hamlin Pianos have the largest and strongest rims in the world. Bass F Attachment Thayer And Axial Trombones.
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