Limewood is the tree on which the limes for Key Lime Pie are grown. The wood is often cut down to little sticks about eight inches long to stir your margarita. The wood is very dense and strong - two very important properties. The strength is needed to stir through the thick icy slush of the margaritas (some folks down here are REALLY lazy and just dump in a bunch of ice cubes - then you really need that strength), and the high density (>1.0) overcomes the tendency of other woods to float out of the drink and make you look foolish - or then you have to pick the stick up, try to wipe off all the sand, and use it again (I hate that grit in my mouth). BTW, tell us why you ask about Limewood. You must know something of it! ;-) Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no> To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 6:28 AM Subject: Limwood > > Any of you experts out there know the properties of Limewood ? > > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > >
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