Beautiful Sika SPruce

[Jude Reveley/Absolute Piano]

Ric,

Is it possible you are confusing the saw marks in the end grain as half 
quarter sawn?

Jude Reveley, RPT
Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC
Lowell, Massachusetts
(978) 323-4545

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: Beautiful Sika SPruce


> https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0005.jpe
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> Hi Dale.... from the picture you supplied (link just above) this looks
> like the grain angle is anything but perpendicular to the wide face....
> looks more like half quartersawn at best from what I am seeing.
>
> Please compare to the pic below....
>
> One other question... looks like you are lining up each plank so that
> the angle of the grain... which looks to be roughly 30 degrees or so off
> the flat face.... are going in opposite directions... any specific
> reason for doing this ?
>
> Cheers
> RicB
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