Bridge cap materials

Jon Page jonpage@attbi.com
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:01:49 -0400


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At 04:38 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>                 List
>                 With really good supply's of maple almost extinct I find 
> it more and more difficult to be happy about the wide grain and fairly 
> soft stuff I get from my supplier. I'd like to see close grain and a 
> strong medullary ray that comes from true 1/4 sawn stock but this a rare 
> occurance.  I also find it necessary to drill smaller bridge pin holes to 
> get a tight fit. I'm finding that whatever the supply house sells for the 
> appropriate size drill bits to give a less than snug enough fit. I use a 
> small electric drill to bore with as many of you do so I 
> truly  techniques is not the propblem IMHO.
>           I'm going to slice up some delignit and test it for notching 
> ,hardness and pin fit. Does any one have any experience with this 
> idea  (odelignit or falconwood) and or similar to my complaints. Tell me 
> I ain't the only one, please!
>                 Dale Erwin
>

I've been using pin block stock for upright caps for many years with great 
success.
I have enough good old maple cap stock for one more cap and a half.
Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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