New product: Radom wood grip reproductions

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Zorba

Steinway cures their wood outdoors for 2 years (if I remember correctly) before using it. Most other quality piano builders do something similar.

Many woodworkers store their wood outdoors in open sheds, it's supposed to cure the wood in a more natural way than doing it the "quick and dirty" way in a kiln. I can only assume that it takes a certain climate to do that though. Not sure if it would work around here, where the humidity can vary from a hot and steamy 95% to a cool and dry 35% within just a few days. Still, some like to do it, there's plenty of people storing in in old barns and corn cribs.