<HTML>In a message dated 10/14/2002 10:59:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dkvander@joplin.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 10:59:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time From:<A HREF="mailto:dkvander@joplin.com">dkvander@joplin.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          Hi Dave</BLOCKQUOTE>                Thanks for the feedback. Oddly enough his material is what I'm complaining about. I buy a box and half is so wide grained it's unusable. I've also had a little ,not a lot of tuning pin tightness inconsistencies in his blocks. I'm trying to make sure the variable isn't mine. Overall I'm very satisfied with the maple blocks, it's really all I use. I'm currently trying a delignit block for the first time.          Thanks >Dale Erwin <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> Dale, You are probably aware that Andre Bolduc sells pinblock and bridge cap material.  I ordered some maple Bolduc bridge cap material from Pianotek Supply, and I was extremely happy with what they sent.  It was quite expensive, but the quality was better than I expected.  Granted, I have only made a few bridges and never recapped a bridge yet, but Bolduc bridge cap material worked well when I made a new bass bridge last year.  It was truly quartersawn, and seemed to have a nice tight grain. Sincerely, David A. Vanderhoofven Joplin, MO At 08:26 PM 10/11/02, Dale Erwin wrote: >                List >                 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.   <snip> >                 Dale Erwin </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>