OT Re: Steinway sostenuto bar/Del

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: June 06, 2003 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: OT Re: Steinway sostenuto bar/Del


>
> >And Aircraft "Carpenter?" Now that does go back a bit.
> >
> >One of the reasons our pacific northwest's old-growth forests have been
> >stripped nearly bare was to supply choice Sitka spruce for fighter
airplane
> >and glider construction during WWII. (It's only one of the
reasons--we've
> >thought of many others since....)
> >
> >Del
>
> More than once, when I was in England, I helped a guy from the fabric
shop
> re-cover, lace, and dope ailerons, elevators, and rudders for our
squadron
> of Gooney Birds (C-47, or DC-3). All aluminum by then, incidentally.
>
> Ron N

So, what's the status of the old-growth aluminum forests?

Del