"Seasoned For Destination"

[Ron Nossaman]

Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> Wasn't it Story and Clark which had the "tropicalized" pianos? Solid 
> panels vs:laminated, stapled hammers up to 88, etc.?


With the incomparable Storytone mahogany soundboard, 
guaranteed for 75 years against cracking?

A few years back, I had a real tropicalized piano in the shop. 
A Hamburg C that had every scrap of felt and leather in the 
piano tied or tacked down. Must have cost a fortune to do.
Ron N