I don't beleive that it's all heart wood. I've got some pieces of this 10 to 11 inches wide. May be it is, if so could it have such tight grain? My understanding of heart wood is that it is the middle of the tree. ?? ? Dale -----Original Message----- From: Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 2:31 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] #2 Soundboard Wood The pink in Sitka boards is the heartwood. ? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- SNIP Other?lumber?guys?have told me it's the iron content in the wood that creates the reddish color. I can't confirm this but....? SNIP ? Dale -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090312/d9a438d9/attachment.html>
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