Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: > > Really guys and gals.. I have to chuckle a bit here. I mean being > one > of seemingly few who has insisted in holding open the door to the > <<ageing wood theorem>> if I may call it that... I find it quite > suprising that the only person to cite a new or even recent piano > so far > is myself. Everything else has beed 50 to 100 years old. > > So... how do you guys account for the fact that all of you are > declaring > your <<piano sound to die for>> as coming from such old wood ? > > Grin > > Cheers > RicB > > Ric > Are you doing the selective reading thing again? Me ??? why Dale... I am shocked at the suggestion :) > A German O 1990's. 2 of em & 1929 BB Mason. with one o my Boards. > There are many others Including many of our new boards but I didn't > want to be greedy. Didnt pick up on the German 0 from 1990, but 1929 definatly qualifies as over 50 years old. New board in one of them... ok.. but I didnt catch that either... Still the great majority of pianos mentioned have been oldies... > Your point is well taken just the same. Maybe those guys new something? Well.. I suppose they did... but what I dont get is that given all the irrevrecable damage that suppose to happen to these panels over time... (with out putting any particular name on the type of damage... :) ) how on earth can so many of these pop up as being the piano (sound) to die for ? > Dale Cheers RicB
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