On 20/06/2016 10:32, Michael Bender wrote:

> a friend here in Germany recently bought a trunk of Sumpfzypresse
> (Taxodium)

and Richard Schaumloffel wrote:


> I think the wide grain should not be a deterrent for using it in
> soundboards

People should be aware that this is swamp cypress, a new-world species,
not true cypress (Cupressus spp.): whatever qualities it may have, it is
*not* the material from which Italian harpsichord soundboards (and
cases) were made.
-- 
Peter Bavington
Clavichord Maker
291 Sprowston Mews
LONDON
E7 9AE
www.peter-bavington.co.uk

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