<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>There are three quarter sawn interior maple plies and about 8mm = thick each.  These are sandwiched by what appears to be 5 thin = beech cross laminates about 5mm total on each side and closely resembling delignight.  Thus the total thickness of the block is = about 3.9cm total.  I am replacing it with a Bolduc block. Rob = Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV > Please provide details such as = thickness of laminations, how many > laminations, cut of wood (flat sawn, = quartered), grain > orientation, etc. > How old is the piano? Please = describe any apparent movement of the tuning > pins that appears related = to  > string pull. Thanks bunches. And oodles. > > Terry Farrell > > I am replacing a Yamaha block as we speak = on a C-7 university piano.  It > > is precisely as you describe, = three thick layers of maple sandwiched >>  with what appears to = be several layers of thinly sliced beech on the top and > > bottom. > > > > Rob Goodale, RPT > > Las = Vegas, NV </DIV></BODY></HTML>