This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment "I guess there is a real musical reason to select very old spruce = instead of the same spruce used in the pianos that are being built now" Two reasons come to mind: 1. The annualar rings are much tighter. 2. The = wood is definately "cured", so that there would be less propensity for = expansion/contraction, hence more stable. A third comes to mind: The older wood would enhance the higher partials. = We all know how musicians, (who are troubled by hearing problems and = have never heard what a real piano sounds like....(don't get me started = on this subject!!!), prefer the more "crystaline" sound! Best Regards, Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain, Tool Police Squares R I ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/0f/c7/d1/3f/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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