On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:24:15 John Delacour wrote: >At 12:49 AM +0000 12/7/01, Phillip L Ford wrote: > >>If you don't mind me asking, what are you planning to use bamboo for in >>your piano? > >Shammer hanks. Good idea. I had thought of that as well. I'm interested to know how you make out. > >>Also, what do you mean by bitty nature? > >It doesn't come in nice manageable logs. > Right. You wouldn't have known it from these floor planks that I saw though. I don't know how they dealt with the stuff. The planks were laminated - 3 layers. Each layer had uniform strips I'd say about an inch wide. You could see where the rings (ribs?) were but everything was perfectly flat. I'd like to play around with this stuff some more. It has amazing structural properties. Phil F --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave - 215 San Francisco, CA 94124
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