<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/5/2005 6:19:04 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, terry@farrellpiano.com writes:</DIV> <DIV>   <FONT size=4>Keith,Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>  By the way you can recycle a whole lot of fine ba= sswood in every upright. It's usually in the long case parts that they really didn'= t want to warp Or block' There is just a whole lot of it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>   Dale</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000= 000 size=2><FONT face=Arial>I think Bill Spurlock mentions in his article to= make sure the grain is parallel with the long axis of the key. I used basswood on= a set I did recently. I know that is often used. Some suggest maple, but Spurl= ock expressed some concern regarding potential noise with maple. Most True-Value= hardware stores or any decent hobby shop will have a variety of craft wood o= f various species and thicknesses. MallWort might have it, but who would ever = go there (ever wonder why you don't have a crarft store nearby?)?</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DI= V> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>