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At 04:38 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:<br>
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With really good supply's of maple almost extinct I find it more and more
difficult to be happy about the wide grain and fairly soft stuff I get
from my supplier. I'd like to see close grain and a strong medullary ray
that comes from true 1/4 sawn stock but this a rare occurance. I
also find it necessary to drill smaller bridge pin holes to get a tight
fit. I'm finding that whatever the supply house sells for the appropriate
size drill bits to give a less than snug enough fit. I use a small
electric drill to bore with as many of you do so I truly techniques
is not the propblem IMHO.<br>
I'm going to slice
up some delignit and test it for notching ,hardness and pin fit. Does any
one have any experience with this idea (odelignit or falconwood)
and or similar to my complaints. Tell me I ain't the only one,
please!<br>
Dale Erwin<br>
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I've been using pin block stock for upright caps for many years with
great success.<br>
I have enough good old maple cap stock for one more cap and a
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<div>Regards,</div>
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<div>Jon Page, piano technician</div>
<div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div>
<div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div>
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