<HTML>In a message dated 10/14/2002 7:15:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:Re: Bridge cap materials Date:10/14/2002 7:15:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Sent from the Internet            Are you being sarcastic? I'd love to see 10 to 12 grains an inch with truly quartered grain showing off medullary rays instead of 4 or 5 grains an inch. Also you don't want curly grain it's to hard to notch. Straighter is better. Some maple will notch beautifully in both directions. Some is impossible. Pre-testing /chiseling your pieces will tell you which way to lay out your wood and lead you to discard some rather the have tear out you can't remedy. Avoid knots and curly irregularities as well.</BLOCKQUOTE>        Regards>>>>Dale <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Not having capped 2,000 bridges (yet), I have not seen so much maple. Please, what range of annular rings/inch are you considering wide grained, and what is you target range for desirable maple. Thanks. Terry Farrell   </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>