Soundboard Color

[Farrell]

Hey, thanks for the response Del. No I am not sure it is spruce (if I had to
guess, I would say that it is not spruce), I am ashamed to admit. My
Bachelor's degree is in Forestry and I had a couple classes on wood
technology - wish I could find my old textbook on the subject. Can you
recommend a text that is useful but also includes all aspects of technical
characteristics of common wood species?

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: Soundboard Color


> Terry,
>
> Are you sure the soundboard is made of spruce?  Quite a number of other
> woods have been used over the years, including various cedars and (I
think)
> redwood (although probably not in France).
>
> Del