MDF

[pianoman]

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> From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: MDF
> Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 11:06 PM
> 
> pianoman wrote:
> > 
> > Dear list,
> > MDF is still particleboard.  It may be more finely ground up, heavier,
and
> > more stable but it is just a higher refinement of particleboard.  What
we
> > do know is that it dulls edges faster.  Since I am cheap and hate to
pay to
> > resharpen tools this is one reason I do not like the stuff.  Come to
think
> > of it I don't like polyester finishes either, so there.
> > James Grebe
> > R.P.T. from St. Louis
> > pianoman@inlink.com
> > "A MAN IS LIKE A PIECE OF STEEL- HE IS NO GOOD IF HE LOSES HIS TEMPER"
> 
> James, 
> 
> Well, I'm not all that much of a fan of MDF either, but I do see the
> need for it (at least for some applications) in our modern society. But
> I can find no excuse for polyester finishes on pianos. Or on anything
> else, for that matter.
> 
> --ddf
Dear Del.
AMEN
james
>