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RE: spruce

The favored wood for piano soundboards and stringed instrument tops. Considering the piano has probably the greatest frequency response range of any acoustical instrument, I believe instrument makers have already done the research needed for audiophiles.

I use spruce shelving extensively. In order to extract the best performance though, as written earlier, the component must sit cantilevered upon the shelving. You can NOT use it as a simple footer.

Shelf should have small risers at the edges and the component must sit between those risers.

In my experimentation any coating: lacquer, stains, oils, even cyanacrylics all impart a rise in the top end. I prefer the natural wood,


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