Could it be the would ability to abosrb and release moisture? Bruce Pennington -----Original Message----- From: David B. Stang <stangdave at columbus.rr.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:48 am Subject: The finite life of wood grain This is a curious question directed toward Dale Erwin and other soundboard people. Would it be fair to say that the majority of soundboards die after, say, 80 to 100 years? If that's true, then what's the major reason? Is it climate, or the simple fact that the board has been under pressure, or both of the the above? Also, this "death" is at the cellular / granular level, right? So then "re-crowning" would be about as useful as putting new chrome on a car with a destroyed chassis, eh? (Sorry if this is a dead horse already thoroughly beaten.) Thanks, and thank you again, Dale, for a great talk in Chicago. David David B. Stang Columbus Ohio -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081020/cd99bb93/attachment.html
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