The proof of the pudding is in the listening. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Noah Frere Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:11 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Soundboard Pictures I have been reading for quite some time now, thanks to our wonderful restored Archives, about soundboards. However, I fear I will be up half the night with lots of ideas flying around, flying... So, I have been planning on shimming a 1909 B. Shoninger soundboard with large cracks, but was told it would be a waste of time, since the soundboard is dead. Now I don't want to start another round of arguments about this, so - are there any scientific pictures of soundboard compressed wood fibers compared to a new soundboard? In other words, microscopic photos of a "living" versus "dead" soundboard? And, any scientific data giving evidence of the "death" of an old board? Meanwhile I will continue reading, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090212/d1657b72/attachment.html>
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