What is the ornate walnut veneer used on many 1920's players?

[gordon stelter]

Hmmmmm. Okay. Maybe it IS "burl walnut", by the
picture of the panel in the attachment. BUT it is NOT
"burl walnut" as I know the definition: meaning from a
"burl", or viral knot on a  tree branch. 
Nor was "burl" the name used in the veneer photo I saw
previously. Walnut veneer from the trunk near the
roots sounds most plausible. In any event, the framed
veneer panel in the attachment looks most like it. I
have a Lindemann player in it, and could use  some for
the  lid. Actual "burl" ( viral node ) veneer is never
big enough for a  whole lid, burls being, at 
largest, beach-ball sized.
     Thump

--- Brian Lawson <ptg@pianotech.org> wrote:
> If you clcik here you will see pics of pianos, car
> interiors and other
> furniture that use burr Walnut
> 
>
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=burr+walnut
> 
> is it burr or burl ?
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "hubert liverman"
> <hubertliverman@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: 19 July, 2004 7:05 PM
> Subject: Re: What is the ornate walnut veneer used
> on many 1920's players?
> 
> 
> This is my first post to the list in some 18 months,
> so bear with me
> please,and let me reintroduce myself later.
> 
> Yes, it is burl walnut, from the root of the tree.
> It was bookmarked veneer
> over some other wood. Due to the very nature of the
> medium, and availibility
> it was expensive..thus veneer. The figuration will
> make you cry at times,
> such beauty! Unfortunitly most pianos that I have
> run across have not been
> worth 'rewhatevering', to make it into a viable
> musical instrument without
> being 'almost economicaly unfeasible in the long
> run.
> 
> Conrad, please update my flame suit to the latest
> edition,your check is in
> the mail.
> 
> Sincerely;
> 
> Hubert Liverman
> Piano tuner/ tech
> Opelika, AL.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stéphane Collin" <collin.s@skynet.be>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: What is the ornate walnut veneer used
> on many 1920's players?
> 
> 
> > mmm,
> >
> > If you talk about what I think, it is veneer sawed
> from portions of the
> > walnut stock that are close to the roots of the
> tree, and all the nice
> > figures you see in it are caused by the start of
> roots.
> >
> > Stéphane Collin.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 2:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: What is the ornate walnut veneer used
> on many 1920's players?
> >
> >
> > > Burl walnut?
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:55 PM
> > > Subject: What is the ornate walnut veneer used
> on many 1920's players?
> > >
> > >
> > > > List,
> > > >      Many of you have probably seen that
> lovely,
> > > > book-matched, highly figured walnut on pianos,
> > > > particulary players, from the teens and
> twenties.
> > > > WHAT IS IT ???  WHERE CAN I BUY SOME ???
> > > >     I saw a color photo of it in "Fine
> Woodworking" a
> > > > few years ago, but promply forgot its proper
> name.
> > > >      Please help, if you can!
> > > >
> > > >     Thanks!
> > > >     Thump
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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