[HAM] Wax caps measured and then placed in four pans at theHammondfactory, was Recapping

[David Damroze]

On Nov 23, 2006, at 9:22 AM, Drew Hoelscher wrote:

> But to regard the physics involved with cap selection in the Hammond on
> the level of the physics of 300 year old spruce is silly to me.
>
> In 200 years will a mint B3 and 122 command $500,000.00 or more?  
> (Could
> be...)
>
> What does a 200 year-old accordion go for?

  Technically , the accordion did not exist 200 years ago :
http://www.accordionscanada.com/accordionhistory.htm
quote :
There has been some controversy over who actually invented the 
accordion. Although Cyrillus Damian of Vienna is often attributed for 
its creation, it is now believed that Friedrich Buschmann of Berlin was 
the first person to build the basic model of the accordion in 1822. 
However, it was Damian who actually patented the name "accordion" in 
1829. Early prototypes had no bass on the left hand; it wasn't until 
later that it was added on.
	
>
> - Drew,  No wait - I don't want to know!
>
>
>
> Don Erickson wrote:
>> Still, lots of recapped organs sound damned good to me.  And still, 
>> it's
>> just an electrical circuit without the organic magic of 300 year old
>> spruce.  If you can measure it, you should be able to reproduce it, 
>> and a
>> big part of it is what we expect to hear.  The whole foldback thing 
>> was a
>> compromise to remedy a shortfall in volume of upper-range notes, 
>> right?
>>
>> Which brings up another point: If we'd been listening to plastic 
>> violins
>> for 600 years, would that be the ultimate violin sound that would 
>> command
>> millions of dollars?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Don, I guess the history of the accordian would indicate, no.
>>
>> Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody.  Or at least the three of you
>> still reading this thread...
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