Dear particle board critics and everyone else, Particle board/MDF is not the inferior product some of you claim it to be. It is by far the best material acousticly. You want proof? Tear apart any high quality loudspeaker, I dont mean a cheepie pioneer I mean a something comparable to a Bose or Infinity. (the cheapies use particle board too) They all are constructed out of particle board/MDF. The reason is because particle board/mdf is incredibly dense and it absorbs sound rather than vibrating like solid wood adding unwanted coloration to the sound. So the result of using particle board is: the sound you hear is the sound from the speaker not the sound of the cabinet resonating. So as long as particle board is not being used in soundboards pinblocks or any important structural part of the piano, don't complain it may actually be <improving> the quality of the instrument. A
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