> This is a curious question directed toward Dale Erwin and other > soundboard people. > > Would it be fair to say that the majority of soundboards die > after, say, 80 to 100 years? Or 50 years, or twenty, or two. It depends. >If that's true, then what's the > major reason? Is it climate, or the simple fact that the board > has been under pressure, or both of the the above? Both. It depends on the severity of seasonal humidity swings, and the original construction method of the board. > Also, this "death" is at the cellular / granular level, right? > So then "re-crowning" would be about as useful as putting new > chrome on a car with a destroyed chassis, eh? Depends on your method of "re-crowning". > (Sorry if this is a dead horse already thoroughly beaten.) Exhaustively beaten. There's enough in the archives to get you through Easter. Ron N
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