old soundboard wood

[Marcel Carey]

Hello Richard,

In my very humble opinion, the only advantage of the old board would be that
the old wood was probably dried outside for a few years before it became a
soundboard. This could make some difference in the microscopic structure of
the spruce and affect (maybe) the tone.

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC Canada

I think the only flames you will get is this buisness about the aging of
wood.
We have a few folks here that adamantly deny that the acoustics of a peice
of
wood can possibly be influenced by its age. This despite the fact that the
incidents of subjective observation to the contrary are so enormously
numerous
that it would seem impossible for the reasonable mind to avoid being  forced
to
wonder whether or not the quanitfiable factors relative to soundboard
acoustics
are somewhat lacking. In anycase it seems to me that the validity of the
"old
wood" theory remains very much an open question.

As for recrowning... seems like there are several on the list that espouse
this
proceedure.

Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html