Hey, Belly-heads--- I am the grateful & happy recipient of a fresh stack of old growth Sitka spruce soundboard planks from the Pacific Northwest. This past December I placed an order with the venerable & collegial Frank Johnson of "Northwest specialty woods" in Elma Washington. Frank a real lumber master. From now on he should be known as "Mr. Wood" because he seems to knows everything about wood & has been in the soundboard wood business for 48 years, starting with the Posey company in 1960---a most affable & earnestly helpful man. So---when he told me they were logging old growth Sitka spruce lumber from a nearby Indian reservation---and---- Mr Wood said it was the nicest, most consistent lumber he had EVER seen in 48 years...I figured it was important to listen carefully to his sage advice. They have a limited supply, and after the reservation wood is gone....it's gone. I hope to buy a lifetime supply. I had seen the lumber they provide for Steinway In Hamburg and New York....and it...was...beautiful. I asked Frank if he could give me perfect wood & He says, "no problem". I stated that I wanted perfectly quarter-sawn wood, 14 to 20 grains per inch, cut from the same cant if possible for ease in color matching. The planks came planed to 7/16 inch. The Planks are 4 to 7 inches wide and 6 to 12 feet long. Mr. Wood did not disappoint. I think all the wood I received is close enough in color to match without difficulty. It's a nice, creamy shade with a lot of medullary ray showing. These guys sell planks, kits or boards. It's an expensive product but it's gorgeous wood. It's nice to find a supply of anything that lives up to its billing. These beautiful Sitka planks certainly do. CHeck out there web site at ....www. North west Specialty Woods.com Sincerely, Dale Erwin Below are the planks being laid out for the Soundboard panel for the Steinway B going to the Anaheim Convention Rebuilders Gallery. If you look closely at the end shot, the end uniform grain is clearly visible Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations 4721 Parker rd Modesto, Ca. 95357 Shop 209-577-8397 Web site _http://www.Erwinspiano.com_ (http://www.erwinspiano.com/) Restoration & Sales of Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos. " Soundboards by Design" **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 35891 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 34597 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0005.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 31091 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0006.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 26594 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0007.jpe -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Erwinspiano at aol.com Subject: Private---Beautiful Sika SPruce Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 23:53:31 EST Size: 182985 Url: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0001.mht
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