[pianotech] What kind of wood is that?

[Joseph Garrett]

Terry,
Short for some kind of South American Wood. Most fall into the same family
as Mahogany, but way different in density and grain. I've never been able
to identify most of that group. A few are easy to spot. Others, not so
easy, unless you do a bunch of tests on them...such as put some finish on
them and see what pops out. <G> Boat Building woods, I know. The exotic
stuff, not so much.
Regards,
Joe

Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
Captain of the Tool Police
Squares R I


> [Original Message]
> From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Date: 2/1/2011 6:52:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] What kind of wood is that?
>
> What is an S.A. wood?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:
>
> >
> > Al,,
> >  The first two pics look like Honduras Mahogany with walnut stain.  
> > The third pic kind of looks like Teak or some other S.A. wood.
> > That's my take. Hard to tell by pics.
> > Joe
> >
> >
> > Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> > Captain of the Tool Police
> > Squares R I
> >
> >