Bridge cap materials

[David Love]

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Could you not use available maple and harden it with clear coat epoxy?

David Love
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  From: Jon Page=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: October 11, 2002 2:01 PM
  Subject: Re: Bridge cap materials


  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
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  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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