<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DAMN! You know, you are right. Okay, so = toss that theory out the window!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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...)!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pie-anner Tooner</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/petrified_forest/geology= .html">http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/petrified_forest/geology.= html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wood does not become petrified in a = functioning, non-buried piano. Period.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terrence M. Farrell, = P.G.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Licensed Professional = Geologist<SPAN class=734092800-05122005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" = color=#000080 size=3> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=734092800-05122005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=734092800-05122005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=734092800-05122005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>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.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=734092800-05122005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=734092800-05122005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>