<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  List</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Ray at Ronsen Piano Hammer just = sent me specific wood weights.  Thought you might be = interested.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Ray has a new light = weight maple molding which is lighter than sapele.  I find this an advantage = because with less wood weight I can use the 16 lb. felt which makes for a taller = hammer especially in the octave 5&6.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>   Be gone for few days. Be = back weds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Blessed Easter to All</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Dale = Erwin</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:ronsen@ulster.net" title=ronsen@ulster.net>Ray = Negron</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:erwinpiano@email.msn.com" title=erwinpiano@email.msn.com>Dale Erwin</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 12, 2001 2:25 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> wood weight</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Dale,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am enclosing some information from = the book, "World Wood In Color".The weights given are for a cubic foot of each species.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hard maple    = 45lb.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>red maple      39</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Silver maple    = 34</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon maple    = 35</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sapele    = 39    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Walnut    = 40</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Honduran mahogany    = 34</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>S.A. mahogany    = 40</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>African mahogany    = 35</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yellow birch    = 44</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paper birch    = 39</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cherry    = 36</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Ray</FONT> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Negron  Ronsen Piano Hammer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>