Rescaling for older soundboards

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In a message dated 11/15/2004 12:22:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
joegarrett@earthlink.net writes:

> David Love said: "I think that's backwards.  As boards get older they get 
> stiffness
> challenged.  More loudness comes from being less stiff, lower impedance,
> more energy is absorbed by the board rather than reflected back, so
> louder and less sustain.........."
>  David, 
> I think you are confusing stiffness with strength. As wood ages it gets 
> stiffer and at the same time loses strength. Thus, the boards ability to fight 
> off the energy decreases....as in sustain.<G> K?
>  Best Regards,
>  Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
> 

Greeetings, 

         Stiffer, does that mean harder?  I was under the impression that as 
wood ages it gets more (lets throwoah new word in here) ........brrittle. 

       Brittle, to me, connotates a state of stiffness simultaneous with a 
vunerabilty to breakage.  When I think of harder, I think of tougher, hardrer to 
break. Old wood is easier to break, unless of course it's Oak. (Oak deserves 
a capital O because it is so durable and seems to be the king of wood) 

Julia,
Reading, PA

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