the myth of the finite life of wood grain

[David Love]

I work on several pre-modern pianos and the boards still sound quite alive
as well.  However, it would seem that the soundboard performance
requirements for very low tension scales, as these all are, would be
somewhat different from those of more modern instruments. I assume that
would have manifested itself not only in the crowning procedures but the
ability of the panel to expand and contract without undue compression
stress.   Comments?

 

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 5:44 PM
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Subject: the myth of the finite life of wood grain

 


I regularly work with pianos that are well over 100 to 200 years old with
their original soundboards, and the boards are just are still "alive".   I'm
just starting a late 19th century 8'6" Viennese piano that is in original
condition and will still knock your socks off.  The only ones I find which
die are very late 19th and 20th century pianos with soundboards installed
with "tight" crowns, particularly compressed crowns.

 

AA

 

 

 

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