To much ridicule, Ric, I have previously described how I lacquer keyframes and keysticks for stability ( and ease of cleaning!). My mockers have yet to provide a reason against this, other than that it somehow violates "TRADITION"!!! As for wood losing its "hygroscopicality": perhaps you are referring to the phenomenon wherein once fibers have been compressed by humidity absorption, drying will not entice the previous dimension, and vise-versa upon re-hyrdration. Respectfully, Thump > > I have it on dietic authority that wood looses its > reactionary behavior to > climatic and anti climatice variations in ambient > atmospheric conditions. I > thought that was the same thing. > Could > you use such "wood" to make > a more stable keyframe ? What about such material > for a bridge ? > > Just curious....as usual.. and a bit more then > usually annoyed at the curling > key frame syndrome. > > RicB > > > > > > > > Ron N > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
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