True. Many computer Brainiacs of today would have been piano builers then, as the piano was the "high-tech" mass consumer item of its day. The decline in quality after the Victorian era was, I suspect, due to the incursion of cheap player pianos which tended to sound great anyway due to a mere preponderance of simultaneously played notes. And with fewer critical hand players being nurtured, quality declined further. --- Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net> wrote: > Gordon, > And were those, "...I've found many open-faced > blocks on Victorian > Pianos....", not sealed? Of course you haven't take > them apart to see, but I > rather suspect that they were. Pianos made during > that period, had > WOODWORKERS that really knew about WOOD. They were > the best of all > woodworkers. They knew the way wood reacts and how > to choose the wood for > the task. If more piano techs would learn an > adequate knowlege of wood they > would better understand why it fails. Just MHO. > Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > Been There, Didn't Like It, So I'm Here To Stay! [G} > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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