Deep Freeze Piano!!!!!

[Mike Bratcher]

I am also interested in the boiling process.  There may be something to
this.

I remember a story about a guy in Michigan (I think), that has and is
recovering old timber that has sank into the mud at the bottom of a river.
These logs have been there for over a hundred years.  These logs are
supposed to have superior resonance capabilities.  I guess it is due to the
leeching of the bad stuff (whatever that is).  He has made himself very
wealthy by selling these logs to violin makers and such.

I'm sure the growth rings would be tighter on these old growth logs.  I also
remember the story mentioning the wood as being similar to Stradivarius
violins.  It's a shame we won't have wood like this again in our lifetimes.
Or ever if we have been paying attention to what Del has been telling us for
years.

Mike Bratcher
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Deep Freeze Piano!!!!!


>
> >I can't speak for the effect of cryogenic temperatures (or the lack
> >thereof) on soundboard wood. But at Baldwin we did get talked into trying
> >the process on bass strings. There was no discernable difference.
> >
> >Del
>
>
> I guess we'll have to wait and see if the industry is revolutionalized by
> non-cryogenically freezing old soundboards. If it isn't, freezing may
> indeed work just as well on wood as it does on strings.
>
> Meanwhile, I can't wait to read the article on boiled boards when it gets
> written, assuming there's an identifiable board left after boiling. Again,
> if not, I suspect he has other ideas waiting in the wings.
>
> "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits"
>                    ---- Pogo ----
>
> Ron N
>
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