<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY=
="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/15/2004 12:22=
:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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=3 PTSIZE=12 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">I thin=
k that's backwards. As boards get older they get stiffness<BR>
challenged. More loudness comes from being less stiff, lower impedance=
,<BR>
more energy is absorbed by the board rather than reflected back, so<BR>
louder and less sustain.........."</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#f=
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David, <BR>
I think you are confusing stiffness with strength. As wood ages it gets stif=
fer and at the same time loses strength. Thus, the boards ability to fight o=
ff the energy decreases....as in sustain.<G> K?<BR>
Best Regards,<BR>
Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>
Captain, Tool Police<BR>
Squares R I</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" BACK="#ffffff" style="BACKGRO=
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Greeetings, <BR>
<BR>
Stiffer, does that mean har=
der? I was under the impression that as wood ages it gets more (lets t=
hrowoah new word in here) ........brrittle. <BR>
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Brittle, to me, connotates a state of s=
tiffness simultaneous with a vunerabilty to breakage. When I think of =
harder, I think of tougher, hardrer to break. Old wood is easier to break, u=
nless of course it's Oak. (Oak deserves a capital O because it is so durable=
and seems to be the king of wood) <BR>
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Julia,<BR>
Reading, PA</FONT></HTML>