[CAUT] New Pin Block CO.

[Don Mannino]

Wim,

Burkel makes all of Kawai's pinblocks, all the way through the line
including Shigeru Kawai and EX concert grands.

The "lumber core" is their way of saying a few thick layers of
quarter-sawn maple instead of many thin layers of rotary cut maple.

Kawai uses the rotary cut blocks, and they are generally consistent.

Don Mannino


> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On 
> Behalf Of Willem Blees
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 7:26 AM
> To: CAUT
> Subject: [CAUT] New Pin Block CO.
> 
> Any one have any experience with the new Burkel Blocs, as 
> advertised on the third page in the new Directory? The price 
> for a rotary cut single block is nice. What do they mean by a 
> "lumber core". Aren't all blocks made of lumber?
> 
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano Tuner/Technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama
> Tuscaloosa, AL USA
> 
>