I was wondering the same thing.
Pine can be light and reasonably strong, but most of the pine I have seen (including the pine from a 90 year old accordion I have) is pretty soft wood.
But I an sure there is more than one type of pine.
depending on where in the tree, etc.
I know, 'cause we cut down an old pine tree in front of my parents house and it was resinous as hell and weighed a ton! (would not have made a good accordion! :)
Red pine is among the hardest of pines expecially if the boards are cut off the heart wood. However it is not a hardwood. But, like red cypress, which is just as hard, makes beautiful accordions.
It looks like the heartpine that I help remove from an old thread mill here in ga. At one time we had over 200,000 board ft of heartpine stored at the mill. Not to mention all the center joining strips which were as rich as fat lighter. Bruce
I love that accordion. The color and the flames in the wood are wunderful. Does he sounds as he looks?
It looks tike the big and heavy wooden table we bought years ago in Denmark during a holliday. And I think that the best song to play on is Les Piniers.