The finite life of wood grain

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Could it be the would ability to abosrb and release moisture?



Bruce Pennington


-----Original Message-----
From: David B. Stang <stangdave at columbus.rr.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:48 am
Subject: The finite life of wood grain







This is a curious question directed toward Dale Erwin and other 

soundboard people. 
 

Would it be fair to say that the majority of soundboards die 

after, say, 80 to 100 years?  If that's true, then what's the 

major reason? Is it climate, or the simple fact that the board 

has been under pressure, or both of the the above?  

Also, this "death" is at the cellular / granular level, right? 

So then "re-crowning" would be about as useful as putting new 

chrome on a car with a destroyed chassis, eh? 
 

(Sorry if this is a dead horse already thoroughly beaten.) 
 

Thanks, and thank you again, Dale, for a great talk in Chicago. 

David 
 

David B. Stang 

Columbus Ohio 
 

 



 




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