Farrell wrote: > If high density were such an important factor, why didn't the Cremonese > violinmakers just cut down a hard maple tree instead of a spruce? > > Terry Farrell Perhaps because it is only one of a few important factors ?? Are you suggesting that lower density spruce is to be prefered over more dense spruce for use in instrument making, or equally so ? Not that I would dissagree mind you... but if you are... what would your reasoning be ? Cheers RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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