Hi Ron, I don't have enough science back ground to understand the first article. So perhaps it will help someone like you who does. For a simple person like myself this much will do: hy·gro·scop·ic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hgr-skpk) adj. Readily absorbing moisture, as from the atmosphere. Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Note it says nothing about Deabsorbing moisture. Hence I believe wood absorbs better than it releases especially for the water inside the cell membranes. At 02:27 PM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >>Hi Ron, >> >>Perhaps here would help? >> >>http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:4nG5hIa6QcAC:www.woodwisdom.fi/pics/08_w >>w.pdf+wood+moisture+absortion+rates&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 >> >>or >> >>http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/edmat/EM8600.pdf >> >>At 12:40 PM 2/14/2003 -0600, you wrote: >> > >> >So does wood really absorb humidity faster than it releases it? I don't >> >know, nor know where to find out. >> > >> >Ron N > > >What do you mean "perhaps", Don? Are either of them a reasonably credible >source saying specifically that wood absorbs moisture faster than it >releases it? > >Ron N > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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