Tonewood grains per inch

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 14, 2002 4:13 PM
Subject: Tonewood grains per inch


> This just in.  The latest issue of The Catgut Acoustical Society Journal
> reports that according to researchers at the University of Padova in
Italy,
> and here I quote from their abstract, 'No evidence was found of a
relationship
> between physical and acoustical properties (density, modulus of
elasticity,
> index of merit) and external aspects of Italian red spruce (mainly growth
ring
> distance).'


Gosh, what a surprise....

Del