The thinner the wood, the fuller the sound — Parker's tops are less than half as thick as some luthiers' — but a shaving too many could destroy the top or suddenly dampen it.
I lowered the sound, parked the truck on the side of the road, and got out to check the transmission.
In addition to Jet Ski noise cited in your article, the summer sounds park visitors are increasingly likely to hear are helicopters, airplanes and motorboats -- not to mention the horns of frustrated motorists in parks facing gridlock.
On Sunday, the police were called to 479 Commonwealth Avenue, near Sound View Park, at 9 49 a.m. after a 911 call reported an assault.
The solution involved creating an 807-acre reservation, which hugs the river for 15.5 miles from the Kensico Dam in Valhalla to Sound View Park in the Bronx.
A Night at the Theater Here, news crews have evolved into stakeout crews at the curb of the official vice-presidential residence, the Naval Observatory, with cars and sound trucks parked every which way around the entrance.
For those two years, midnight was marked with a minute of silence followed by a recording of bells played from sound trucks parked beneath the tower, in an echo of the Trinity Place events of the past.
"Those who support the foundation of a bold and new department for us at Oxford will have their name on a plaque or have the department named after them such as 'The Ken Parker Department for Forensic Art History.' Sounds cool?" Parker, meanwhile, launched an investigation into the provenance of his painting.
"It sounds like Parks was flying solo on this," Regalado said.
It even helped produce a phonebook-size guide to environmentally sound practices in park design and management.
