---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment -------------------------------1104900013 In a message dated 1/4/2005 7:09:34 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Erwinspiano writes: Of interest to all Recyclers types I just finished tearing apart an old Baldwin upright of which I spoke in "recycled technology". This piano had the usual huge laminated beams They are comprised of some very decent maple & a very large amount of eastern or white spruce. Most of this spruce is at least 20 grains an inch & some as high as 27. I've now got a pile of rib stock worth about $250 & maple worth a bundle. I'll try to download a picture of this pile of wood. It took a couple hours of time but the fun factor was truly high. I could rib at least three pianos with this recycled old growth lumber. I see no reason not to use this once virgin old growth lumber in current rebuilds. From past discussions I see this as a plus. Good lumber if treated right is good lumber for many decades & centuries. In fact some of the most beautiful tight maple bridge cap material has come from some of the other pianos/uprights I've torn down. You can't buy wood like that any more to my knowledge. I've tried. The last batch of Bolduc bridge cap stock was in my mind to wide & hence too soft. That box was $200.00 !! My last big find of maple was from a friend who sold me rough cut maple planks that sat around air drying at Aeolian for a long while &Then sat another 20 years in various locales. I think it's well aged grin. It wasn't all premium of course but much was. Rough cut includes the knots. Any body else do this? I realize that all uprights do not possess this much quality wood but I'd say those from the turn of the last century do. That's when upright were the king of home entertainment center. Any body got a free upright? Dale Erwin -------------------------------1104900013 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/29/90/25/ff/attachment.htm -------------------------------1104900013-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Erwinspiano@aol.com Subject: recycled Lumber Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:09:34 EST Size: 5095 Url: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/07/e9/c6/6e/attachment.eml ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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