At 11:07 AM 3/11/2011, Jeff Lincoln wrote: >It appears to be made of solid oak - it was pretty darn heavy. Not >as heavy as I thought but I'd guess it was 400lb - 500lb easy. The cast-iron frame has a lot to do with it. IIRC the cumulative tension on those strings is something like 20 tons. Yrs, d |
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