Fw: Fw: Bridge caps: box wood vs maple

[jolly roger]

Hi Dale,
             The Box wood that I have worked with, is much harder than
maple. SG of 1 vs SG of .85.  It is yellow in colour, and machines like
Hornbeam.  Very little tear out and almost looks sanded when, drilled or
routered.
After reading Ron's link I don't know what it was. But I bought it from a
specialty hard wood company as Boxwood.
I know Yamaha had to change the gluing process to get a satisfactory bond
to the bridge root.  No details unfortunately.
But they use it for all C series, top two treble sections.
Regards Roger



At 09:27 PM 4/20/01 -0700, you wrote:
>  Hey Ron
>
> Boxwood anyone.  Which of the various species is commonly? used for piano
>caps?  Any Idea?
>
>    Dale
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 4:48 AM
>Subject: Re: Fw: Bridge caps: box wood vs maple
>
>
>> http://www.si.edu/scmre/boxwoods.html
>>
>> A little more here.
>>
>>
>> Ron N
>