[pianotech] Sitka spruce?

[Terry Farrell]

I didn't say there were no other options. Piano soundboards have been  
built from all sorts of different species will good results. I know a  
guy who built one from Douglas Fir - really didn't sound bad at all.

Terry Farrell

On Jul 6, 2010, at 5:55 PM, John Delacour wrote:

> At 23:27 -0400 30/6/10, Terry Farrell wrote:
>
>> Well, Sitka is preferable because it is the highest strength/weight  
>> ratio wood out there.
>
> Well, to be exact, stiffness/density is the ratio in question --  
> "strength" could mean all sorts of things -- and if this is highest  
> in Sitka spruce then Sitka spruce is the best, because nothing else  
> is of any relevance at all, no matter what the old books say.  I  
> think I ought to put in a word for one or two lowly European trees  
> as well, though, which are probably sometimes just as good!
>
> JD
>