<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Look no further Dale, Mark and others. Exactly what you are looking for is already available to all rebuilders - and more. There is this custom shop in Florida that will laminate any thickness Delignit cap you want onto any thickness Pianotek Multilam (or any other commercially available pinblock - also available is custom handmade quarter-sawn hard maple blocks with a Delignit cap).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Talk about custom, heck a couple months ago that custom shop even made up a block for a guy that had one of those old Kimballs with the elevated bass section - they put a thicker layer of Delignit in the bass only to make up the elevation difference. This shop will send you a rough capped block or custom duplicated - single or double. They even make up custom blocks with custom veneers for open-face pinblocks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here is a picture of a hand-made quarter-sawn hard-maple block with a thick Delignit cap.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:006501c7897f$44da0820$0501a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Below is a picture of a standard multilam block with a thin Delignit cap.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:006601c7897f$44da0820$0501a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Below is a standard multilam block with a Delignit cap and a custom thick hand-cut veneer of Brazilian Jatoba.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:006701c7897f$44da0820$0501a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Go to: <A href="http://www.farrellpiano.com/belly.htm">http://www.farrellpiano.com/belly.htm</A> and take a look.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><EM></EM></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><EM>  I got the idea of adding Delgnit bridge cap material as a top covering on my pin blocks from Ron N & Yamaha blocks & luved it. So 2 or 4 months ago  I asked  Bob Marinelli at Piano tech to get Andre to make this new type block as a Bolduc alternative to the more expensive Bolduc blocks,which are beautiful but  not feasable for many econo type jobs. I didn't expect this so soon but here it is. Must have been in the works already.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  This isn't zzzzactly what I had in mind but it's along those lines.  Haven't used one yet.  I wish he had not put the thin layers in the middle of the block. </EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    I have used several of the the Burkel blocks which looks similar & it has 3 ....10 mm laminations of flat sawn maple, capped with the rotary cut thin top cap pieces.  This is also a very nice feeling block & a double panel is $389.00. The new Bolduc block is approx $400.00</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  That's all I know</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><EM>Anyone seen the new Bolduc "hybrid" pinblock?</EM><BR><BR>> From the photo, looks similar in some ways to what Ron N. and  <BR>> others are<BR>trying to acheive, by laminating a top layer of Delignit (or similar)  <BR>onto<BR>standard pinblock stock.<BR><BR>Mark Cramer,<BR>Brandon University</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>