Why?... What's Hornbeam?

[Brian Trout]

Please forgive the ignorance here, but what is Hornbeam?  I know what maple
is.  I have maple trees in my yard.  But I've never seen a Hornbeam tree?
Is it just a nickname?  Is it a tropical wood?  Inquiring minds want to
know...   :-)

Brian Trout
Quarryville, Pa.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: Why?


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>Delwin D Fandrich wrote:
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>> And who -- besides Renner, that is -- really believes that hornbeam
shanks are
>> superior to even relatively decent maple shanks?
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>ME.
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>Rob Goodale, RPT
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