[pianotech] Pear Wood

Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com
Mon Feb 14 15:22:06 MST 2011


You know what they say down here in the south. It's gonna take 5 at-a-boy"s to make up for that one ah sh-t.

Al -
High Point, NC



On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:17 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

> 
> List,
> Major oopsie! I mispoke on the wood quiz. Pear Wood was traditionally used for Damper Heads!  (NOT the backcatches as I said. darned memory is going kids!<G>) BTW, all this is from a book copyrighted in 1887.<G>
> So.... let's have another mini-wood-quiz.<G> How or where was White Holly used?
> And....lets' add another item: How many kinds of leather were used in/for the piano?<G> Let's make that subject: Leathers  K? <G>
> Regards,
> Joe
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
>  
> 

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