<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18099" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry, I don't know the density numbers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronsen does make hammers with Western soft maple, and they are their lightest hammers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I recall correctly, of the woods Ronsen has used in the past to make hammers, the density was in this order:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Soft Maple</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Light Mahogany (Honduras?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Walnut</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sapeli Mahogany</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hard Maple</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hornbeam</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Mannino</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </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"><B>From:</B> <A title=info@pianolanco.com href="mailto:info@pianolanco.com">Marc Lanthier (Piano Lanco)</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:40 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Density of Hammer Mouldings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3>Thanks for the link !</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3><A title=http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm href="http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm"></A></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3> <DIV></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3>This is however hardness readings. I understand that hardness and density are sometimes closely related but it would good to know the density of the wood species. Obviously mahogany mouldings have deeper color than maple (if they are not stained) but is there any other good reason (other than looks) that different species are used as hammer mouldings ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=816473222-21092008><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>    <IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:67600D1226C74867949319B3937E9911@ManninoHome" align=baseline border=0></FONT><BR><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ff0000 size=4>PIANO LANCO</FONT><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#ff0000></FONT><FONT face="Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><BR><FONT color=#0000ff size=4>Marc Lanthier</FONT><BR>514-770-7438<BR>1-877-PIANO10<BR><A href="mailto:info@pianolanco.com">info@pianolanco.com<BR></A><A href="http://www.pianolanco.com/">www.pianolanco.com </A></FONT></P> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>James H Frazee<BR><B>Sent:</B> September 21, 2008 4:49 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Density of Hammer Mouldings<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Marc,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Go here:   <A title=http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm href="http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm">http://www.sizes.com/units/janka.htm</A></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>