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Date:10/12/2002 1:31:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca">sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca</A><BR>
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List --Thanks for the ideas and suggestions on bridge cap materials. And a special thanks to Stephen for the source for a host of maple products. AH Ron,Palm trees not indigenous but then neither are the almond,peach etc. however lots of sugarpine for a price up in the hills.<BR>
Regards>>>Dale Erwin</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Del writes:<BR>
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>Yes, in the re-sawing and planing. That's why I'd prefer rotary cut<BR>
>material if I could find it in less than $5000 lots.<BR>
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>This stuff is readily available but, as Ron points out, at some cost. Most <BR>
>venders want to deal only with very large orders.<BR>
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http://www.forloversofwood.com/us/pricelist.html<BR>
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If you can use 1.6 mm hard maple for laminations my local supplier has 1/16 <BR>
veneer. They ship lumber all over north America, any quantity. They'll sell <BR>
you 1 sq ft if you want. No customs duty on sawn lumber and veneers Canada <BR>
to US (current softwood lumber trade war notwithstanding). You pay a flat <BR>
fee of $15 for brokerage fees plus UPS shipping plus handling fee of $10 if <BR>
the order is under $100. [This stuff is cut for intended for bent <BR>
laminations and luthiers]<BR>
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Dale asked about where I get maple. Same place and they ship lumbers too <BR>
and have a good supply of hard maple of excellent quality up to 4" stock. <BR>
Check http://www.forloversofwood.com/us/pricelist.html has the current <BR>
maple prices in $US (not cheap of course).<BR>
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[PS I have no commercial connection with A&M Woods by the way. Lucky for me <BR>
they're local.]<BR>
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Stephen<BR>
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Stephen Birkett Fortepianos<BR>
Authentic Reproductions of 18th and 19th Century Pianos<BR>
464 Winchester Drive<BR>
Waterloo, Ontario<BR>
Canada N2T 1K5<BR>
tel: 519-885-2228<BR>
mailto: sbirkett@real.uwaterloo.ca<BR>
http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett<BR>
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