We have had this discussion before and I am of the opinion that oxidizing resins in the wood cells become very hard over time, and hard = better vibration transmission ( leaving aside all discussion of how they concurrently shrink and cling to the cell walls, thus making the cells more vacuous and how this affects tone) meaning that the strings' energy is transported more efficiently to different sections of the board and transduced into sound before being transduced into heat, as compared to relatively softer ( new ) wood. But this advantage can be easily overwhelmed by factors such as breakdown of the board as a structure. Mask down and flame suit zipper activated. Thumpe -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120528/ea0904ce/attachment.htm>
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