<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>There was a recent discussion about coating = soundboards with epoxy to make them stiffer, so that they perform better.  So I = don't think "petrifying" is always bad (if it's meant in terms of increasing stiffness).  Probably, like all generalizations, it's = false...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net href="mailto:pierre.gevaert@belgacom.net">Gevaert Pierre</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 19, = 2005 4:28 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: SWound = boards</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Quentin,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I once spoke to an old pianoforte = builder and he said this petrifying process was rather good than bad for the tone of soundboards?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfotunately he had no time to tell = me more about this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierre</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 19, = 2005 8:07 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SWound boards</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Andre,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think someone (maybe Joe = Garrett) a few months ago talked about the wood's "petrifying" = process.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This was an interesting idea, and = we can clearly imagine that this process makes the soundboard become less = and less reactive or vibrating.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>