Soundboard Shims

[Daniel Dover]

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Most old organ pipes I
have worked on have
been anything but spruce.  They used
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I also have used old organ pipe material for soundboard shims, gratefully given
to me by a pipe organ rebuilder nearby in Vermont.  It was definitely spruce,
"nicely" seasoned (100 years old), and nearly vertical grain.  He was glad to
find a user for what was, for him, scrap wood.

Danny Dover
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH