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<DIV><FONT size=2>Could you not use available maple and harden it =
with
clear coat epoxy?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jonpage@attbi.com href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com">Jon =
Page</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> October 11, 2002 2:01 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bridge cap =
materials</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>At 04:38 PM 10/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:<BR><BR>
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List<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,
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please!<BR> &n=
bsp;
Dale Erwin<BR> =
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>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 =
half.</FONT><BR>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV><BR>
<DIV>Jon Page, piano technician</DIV>
<DIV>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</DIV>
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