Source spruce shim material

[Lance Lafargue]

Dave,

I don't recall if it was Posey.  What do you pay for old complaint mail
now-a-days?  Thanks.

lance

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Dave Stocker
Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 3:32 PM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Source spruce shim material


Lance:

If you are referring to Posey, they went belly up (pun intended) a couple of
years ago. There was some noise about someone buying the equipment and
starting a new plant nearby (in a building from a never finished Nuclear
power plant!) but I haven't heard any more about it.

At one of the auctions of their stuff I purchased a pile of letters to and
from Posey from the early 1900's. Beautiful letterheads! Most were
complaints about soundboards falling apart before they ever got installed in
a piano.

Dave Stocker
Tumwater, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Lance Lafargue <lafargue@iamerica.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 06:53
Subject: Source spruce shim material


>I cannot find the name/address of the quarter sawn spruce supplier I bought
>boards from (years ago now)to make shims with.  They were in the northwest.
>I use the Spurlock router jig/bit.  Anyone have his directions with the
>names/addresses of suppliers or know of someone closer than Canada for
this?
>Unlike Kevin (below), I don't have to have it longer than 5 feet.
>Thanks!
>
>Lance Lafargue, RPT
>Mandeville, LA
>New Orleans Chapter
>lafargue@iamerica.net
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
>Of Kevin S. Riggs
>Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 8:19 PM
>To: pianotech@ptg.org
>Subject: Source for soundboard spruce
>
>
>
> Anybody out there have a source for quarter sawn spruce planks for
>soundboards?
>I'd like to try some ideas out, but I'm having difficulty finding long
>enough boards.
>If you'd prefer you can email privately at lobeliac@ipass.net
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Kevin Riggs
>Youngsville, NC
>RTP chapter
>