有人进行许多试验,企图用其它材料来代替共振木材做钢琴音板。维也纳的约·雅·格尔(Johann Jacob goll)用铜和铁制成音板,效果良好。斯坦威厂曾在一些三角钢琴上使用铝制音板,由于这些音板的音质不及普通钢琴音板,所以得出结论:没有什么材料可以代替木板。英国一些著名工厂也用同样材 There have been many experiments in an attempt to replace the resonant wood with other materials as piano soundboards. Johann Jacob Goll of Vienna made a soundboard made of copper and iron and worked well. The Steamboat factory used aluminum soundboards on some grand pianos. Since these soundboards are less tonal than regular piano soundboards, they conclude that there is no material to replace the boards. Some well-known British factories also use the same material