the myth of the finite life of wood grain

jimialeggio5 at comcast.net jimialeggio5 at comcast.net
Mon Oct 20 19:27:40 MDT 2008



Anne, 

By what methods, if at all, is the crown formed in these early instruments? 

Jim Ialeggio 


>I regularly work with pianos that are well over 100 to 200 years old with their original soundboards, 
>and the boards are just are still "alive".   I'm just starting a late 19th century 8'6" Viennese piano 
>that is in original condition and will still knock your socks off.  The only ones I find which die are very 
>late 19th and 20th century pianos with soundboards installed with "tight" crowns, particularly compressed crowns. 


>AA 





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