Right... a funny thing about the "quality" of wood used in treasures of old... I was on a small conservation crew at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts de-installing their period room displays. The quality of wood used these beautiful constructions was spotty to say the least...more in the "use-what-ya-got" department. One particular highly carved item stands out in my mind. Very ornate Icanthus leaf...I spent an entire morning gently persuading it off the wall. When I got it down, we all gathered around it with our jaws on the floor, looking at the stock that was used to hold up this 150 year old beauty...right thru the pith, real low growth ring count...not what you'd consider stable material. It looked llike they pulled it off the burn pile. But there it is 150 yeas on, in one piece and quite beautiful. Jim > > > It would be interesting to build a "Rounds and Porter" soundboard, but it > would be tough to sell. No matter how good it sounded with the lid closed, > as soon as it was known what the soundboard was made of, tone quality would > drop to below marketability (if that's possible). Perception is 9/10 of the > flaw. > Ron N > > -- grandpianosolutions.com Shirley, MA (978) 425-9026 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090313/369ef6a9/attachment.html>
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