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<DIV><FONT size=3> The boys & I picked up another fr=
ee
1890s bush& gerts upright the other day. As I posted some time back I
occasionally find a cache of maple in these old beauties worth many hundreds=
of
dollars which I use for bridge caps & pinblocks etc. But this one was so=
lid
maple. Yes every piece except oddly the back posts which were oak. Denn=
is
& Jacob tore the it down to the skeleton in an hour&nbs=
p;
& half. The back is sitting out front with a free sign on it.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> The sides popped off with a crow bar & that w=
as
that. This was a true treasure trove of tight grained maple. Street value , =
if
you could find it probably 3 to 400 dollars. my minimum wage help cost me ab=
out
60 bucks in labor. It ws a bargain. Not all is suitable for bridge cap=
ping
but it is for many other uses</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> The really tight grain makes the prettiest
tenor/treble bridge caps I've ever seen. The smaller narrow pieces I g=
lue
up to make pieces wide enough for the treble caps .I reverse the
grain orientation which allows to notch with the grain no matter=
which side I'm starting on. The glue joints are virtually invisible, i=
f
that matters & it's pretty in shellac. The tighter, denser totally=
,
quartered wood makes for a treble cap with excellent impedance
properties.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> It was fun</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale Erwin</FONT>
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