On this topic, someone please explain to me why I have
seen so many mid-19th century pianos ( Chickering,
etc.) with REALLY thin bridges, yet not a split in'em,
anywhere! How'd they make them? And of what? Someone
once told me they were pearwood, or some such! Why not
Locust ("Ironnwood") for bridge caps? FAR denser than
any maple! I remember trying to chop some on a camping
trip. It laughed at us.
Gordon Stelter
--- Vanderhoofven <dkvander@joplin.com> wrote:
> Dale,
>
> You are probably aware that Andre Bolduc sells
> pinblock and bridge cap
> material. I ordered some maple Bolduc bridge cap
> material from Pianotek
> Supply, and I was extremely happy with what they
> sent. It was quite
> expensive, but the quality was better than I
> expected. Granted, I have
> only made a few bridges and never recapped a bridge
> yet, but Bolduc bridge
> cap material worked well when I made a new bass
> bridge last year. It was
> truly quartersawn, and seemed to have a nice tight
> grain.
>
> Sincerely,
> David A. Vanderhoofven
> Joplin, MO
>
>
>
> At 08:26 PM 10/11/02, Dale Erwin 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. <snip>
> > Dale Erwin
>
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