The finite life of wood grain

[John Delacour]

At 17:30 -0500 22/10/08, William Monroe wrote:

>As I understand it, ossification is the formation of bone - I'd 
>hazard that this is not the process taking place in aging 
>soundboards.

I have a house that is over 400 years old with bare pine doors. 
There's no hint of any amber, bone or stone in any of them and no 
doubt if I made them into soundboards they'd be as good as new.  Most 
of the postings in this thread and previous threads on the topic are 
utter baloney.

JD