[CAUT] Bridge root material

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/1/2010 8:20 PM, William Monroe wrote:
> Keith,
>
> It looks nothing like Oak to me.  How about European Beech?  Common
> ingredient in pianos, and the grain lines look "identical" to North
> American Beech.

Beech was my first impression too, which puts it in the rather broad 
ballpark of viable bridge stock. Anything reasonably hard and stiff is 
reasonably as good as anything else reasonably hard and stiff, 
contingent on design dimensions and the panel assembly it's sitting on. 
As long as the material isn't soft and mush like enough to absorb string 
input without moving, it can be nominally accommodated. What I see in 
the photos doesn't need any particular accommodation. Looks like good 
stuph to me.
Ron N