OldTools Archive

Recent Bios FAQ

266475 scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> 2018‑09‑09 Re: Carving
When I was making a little music box one time I used serious old growth 
fir (like your redwood) for the soundboard.
It was a little soundboard so I could experiment easily.
I guessed what I thought might be a correct thickness,......... 
dullsville.  It could barely be heard at all.
I thinned it out a lot and it got better. More and it was better yet

  I finally took it as thin as I dared, and wow, that little box just 
came alive.
My conclusion, old growth is so much harder and stronger that less of it 
makes a sparkling instrument

I have tried to find fake ivory too and didn't do any better than you.
Its expensive and bigger pieces moreso
    yours scott

-- 
*******************************
    Scott Grandstaff
    Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca  96039
    scottg@s...
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/
    http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html

Recent Bios FAQ