<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dave, Ron</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Well actually I beleive I read that wood takes on= moisture  7  times faster than it gives it up & think it was o= ut of Hoadleys Wood book. I'd have to go find it but I'm relatively sure that's= where this comes from. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Now wood in what form, living , cut & s= tacked or a soundboard with a moisture barrier on it. Dunno.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  In what case would the information matter?</FONT>= </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>><BR>>    Yes, I can understand that, but what I'= ve heard conflicting <BR>> information about is whether the soundboard, or= just wood in general, <BR>> gains or loses moisture faster, if the rate= of humidity change in the <BR>> room is the same.<BR>>    --D= avid Nereson, RPT<BR><BR>And if you ever find an authoritative source that says= wood takes in <BR>moisture slower or faster than it gives it up, please po= st it here. I've <BR>looked for a long time, and haven't found anything anywh= ere that says that.<BR><BR>Ron N</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>