<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Historically, I have went to the hardware store, bought several = boards of Alder, glued them side by side, ran them through a planer and fit the = rest with my table saw.  A lot work but really good results.  I used = Alder because it was a hard wood that was relatively inexpensive = locally.  I like the idea of a better plywood that was posted as it wood save me the = nuissance of taking the board to someone with a planer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ron</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 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 title=JackHouweling@dccnet.com = href="mailto:JackHouweling@dccnet.com">Jack Houweling</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> Monday, January 17, 2005 = 8:17 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> bottom board</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am replacing a bottom board on an = old upright and would like to know what would be the preferred choice of wood, or = is there any?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>