<!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 6.00.2900.2668" 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><FONT size=3> Paul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> In the S.F. bay area Macbeaths specialty lu=
mber
carries some very nice material. I think they would ship you some. There
selectionwas good. I know I picked thru the whole pile & selected quite =
a
nice lot some months ago & they were about to order more. However I thin=
k
you'd be better off ordering from Rick wheeler at Roseland in Oregon or. Wel=
l,
how much do you need I may have enough to let go of enough for a board or tw=
o.
Mine is tight grain & it will need to be resawed. I've already planed it=
so
I can color match the panel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> It ain't cheap. Oh well</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><=
FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=
=2>Hello
list and particularly soundboard gurus,<BR><BR>I've been trying for someti=
me
now to find a supplier of quarter sawn<BR>spruce lumber for building
soundboards that will ship in relatively<BR>small quantities( UPS or FedEx=
size), but with little success.<BR><BR>Those of you that are building your=
own
boards from scratch, who are you<BR>buying your raw material
from?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Paul E. Dempsey, RPT<BR>Piano Technician Sr.<BR>Marsh=
all
University<BR>Huntington,
WV<BR>304-696-5418<BR>304-617-1149</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><STRONG>Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Mode=
sto,
Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin
Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>