Tweakers' Asylum

Posted by unclestu (D) on January 26, 2013 at 13:26:56

In Reply to: RE: Mike VansEvers posted by Mike B. on January 26, 2013 at 08:09:10

Not to detracr anything from Mike, but I actually was a dealer for him and worked with him on his "tuning blocks", at least a little.

The implementation of spruce that I use, however, is very different. Woods in compression react very differently from woods in suspension.

At one time Gilmer Woods offered a hardwood sampler: about 20 dirrent woods labeled and with a 4 by 6 inch sample. I purchased two samplers which covered all the woods they had at the time. Setting up even these relatively small pieces at the first reflective point yielded some interesting results.

That led me to conclude that the woods for musical instruments were superior for audio use. After all how long have they been building pianos? Probbly well over three centuries and they still use spruce, despite all the research people like Yamaha have done.

YMMV, obviously

Stu