<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Oh Del, do elucidate before I mercilessly butcher some poor unsuspecting tree. ;-) Seriously, I don't want to waste wood. What will happen with a finger joint in Sitka. BTW where can I get some Sitka? <p>Greg <p>Delwin D Fandrich wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style>   <blockquote dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----</div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" title="gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title="pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a></div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> January 12, 2002 9:44 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: my own Soundboard</div>       I thought that tongue and groove might be a good idea long before I heard about it here. Lately I've been day dreaming about finger joints. Any feelings on how that might work in a soundboard situation? It seems that a finger joint would offer more surface area than a tongue and groove. Call me a ponderer.</blockquote> <div dir=ltr> </div> <div dir=ltr> </div> <div dir=ltr><font color="#000080">Once you start working with Sitka spruce you'll see why finger-jointing the stuff is not such a great idea.</font></div> <div dir=ltr> </div> <div dir=ltr><font color="#000080">Del</font></div> </blockquote> <p>-- <br>Greg Newell <br><A HREF="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> <br>  </body> </html>