[pianotech] SItka Spruce arrived

[Will Truitt]

Well, it just confirms what I have always thought to be true about Dale -
proof that  he's a guy who keeps to the straight and narrow!

 

Will J

 

I have blatant belly board envy.

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of erwinspiano at aol.com
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 8:41 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] SItka Spruce arrived

 

Hi friends & esteemed colleagues
  A while back I posted to some about personally selecting 1000 plus board
feet of Canadian Sitka spruce lumber. Well it has been an interesting
journey/learning curve, but to day it was Christmas...again.
  My Canadian Lumber Jack has enormous experience (40 years) in finding &
filling specialty lumber orders. He worked very hard to find the "Dale
Grade" of spruce as he calls it. It came in 5 packages and I am now learning
how to grade and store the stuff. New storage racks were built and I have
been updating the shop equipment/Dust collection/glue fixtures etc. for
approx a year or more in preparation for this latest enterprise, making &
providing high quality Sitka spruce panels & wood stock for the trade in
limited quantity's. Not givin up the day job. 
  For a wood fanatic, this, for me, is treasure trove of some of the most
beautiful Spruce I have ever laid eyes on. The piece pictured come from a
cant of reddish colored Spruce that is 11 inches wide & 18 to 20 grains an
inch. 8 ft long. Represents 200 plus years of very even growth cycles. I
have never seen wood like this...ever. The 500 bd. ft of old growth stuff
has been air drying for 7 years all the rest for approx a year or more.
   Primarily the wood is made up of primarily paleish colored planks. 
   Need rib stock? Have lots of rib stock as well as beautiful lumber both
in in cant form as seen on the floor in the racks and also soundboard plank
material in 4 to 8 inch variety. It's all gorgeous straight grain stuff.
  I hope nobody is going to accuse me of blatant commercialism cause it
would only be partly true. Guilty!
  Mostly my hobby just got more expensive and the rest is just to share the
adventure of having fun doing what I love.
  If nothing else I hope it's at least interesting. Now...what did we do
with our economy?
  Happy New year & kindest regards to all
   Dale Erwin
   WWW <http://www.erwinspiano.com/> . <http://www.erwinspiano.com/>
Erwinspiano.com
   
   




 

 


 

 

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