Most of the woods used are very hard. Pear or apple would be ok, but they are light and usually light in colour. Darker woods are prefered mainly because they show less dirt... Also most of the woods used are hard ehough that they don't need to be finsihed to maintain a good look. Finishes eventually wear off. KOA would probably be fine. Some of the harder walnut would probably be fine as well as crotch maple etc... If you are going to make a tool out of it, it might as well look good. Mike Swendsen -----Original Message----- From: John R Fortiner <pianoserv440@juno.com> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: February 22, 1999 8:04 AM Subject: Wonderwand >Has anyone tried making a tuning lever handle out of a domestic wood such >as apple or pear?.......... or an "offshore domestic" wood such as koa? > >John R. Fortiner >Billings, MT >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >
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