[pianotech] Re: Hygrometer

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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In a message dated 9/9/2002 11:46:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gnewell@ameritech.net writes:


> Subj:Re: [pianotech] Re: Hygrometer 
> Date:9/9/2002 11:46:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">gnewell@ameritech.net</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
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> 
>           Greg

               It could have been me but I'm not that old. I've seen many 
cosmetically uncracked but flat Stwy boards but they sounded..... well you 
know flat. If you consider that the compression crowned board needed to be 
realllyyy dry when pressed to gain crown and tonal vitality it's not hard to 
understand that the best C. crowned boards will show cracks but generally at 
least sound better.
   Make sense>>>>Dale Erwin

> 
> I once heard a rebuilder, who shall remain nameless, say that if an old 
> piano didn't have a crack in the soundboard it probably was never that good 
> 
> a piano in the first place. I think his reasoning was something to the 
> effect that it may never have had any crown or downbearing in the first 
> place. Seemed like a very strange statement at the time. Seems even more 
> strange now! Thought it might be good for a chuckle though.
> 
> Greg
> 


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