<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; = COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: = normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: = none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"> <DIV> <DIV>Andrew,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ebony, with a Janka rating of 3,692 is more than two times harder = than maple with a Janka rating of just 1,450.  See <A title=http://www.br111.com/woodspecies.html href="http://www.br111.com/woodspecies.html">http://www.br111.com/woods= pecies.html</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net">Andrew and Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mailto:pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 01, = 2005 1:16 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bridge Capping = Materials: Ebony?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I've been looking at a high-end German piano, Sauter, = an noticed that <BR>on their 7' & 9' grands they cap the treble = portions of the long <BR>bridge in ebony.  Is this wood harder than maple?<BR><BR>Andrew = Anderson<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianot= ech list info: <A title=https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>