This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment DAMN! You know, you are right. Okay, so toss that theory out the window! Maybe I should have studied geology in Kansas where they are a little = more liberal with their theories (or at least they have more of = them...)! Terry Farrell Pie-anner Tooner -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- Wood is petrified through a process of mineral replacement. Once = petrified, the object that was once wood becomes rock. Petrification = occurs over a very long period of time - thousands/millions of years. It = can occur when wood is buried in the ground and groundwater migrates = through it - it is the groundwater carrying dissolved minerals that is = the vehicle for wood petrification. = http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/petrified_forest/geology.html Wood does not become petrified in a functioning, non-buried piano. = Period. Terrence M. Farrell, P.G. Licensed Professional Geologist=20 You're right about wood but -- based purely on experience -- perhaps = not when it comes to wool. Some hammer makers have figured out how to = shortcut the process in their hammer presses. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9b/f0/97/56/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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