Cracked Lid

[gordon stelter]

Could the Oak or Ash also seem less dense just because
it was from well-aged large logs, sitting in a  piano
for 100 years?
     Thump


--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> I don't remember chestnut very well from my wood
> technology class - I'm sure
> I had to memorize it's properties at some point. But
> I have cut up a number
> of vertical pianos and the core wood was not poplar.
> It looked a lot more
> like oak or ash, but clearly seemed less dense. Do
> you know offhand whether
> chestnut is less dense than oak and ash (both of
> which are darn dense!).
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:46 PM
> Subject: RE: Cracked Lid
> 
> 
> >
> > >Good thoughts.
> > >I think the problem with this particular lid (the
> Steinway I've
> mentioned)
> > >is the lack of cross banding.  I' ve seen this
> omition before when I did
> a
> > >lot of furniture repair in another life.  Also,
> the oak core tends to
> move
> > >more, ends being the worst.
> > >
> > >Paul C
> > >
> > >    Paul
> > >   I agree about the cross banding thought. Stwys
> are poplar which is
> more
> > > stable than oak IMO.
> >
> >
> > Chestnut was a common furniture core wood too, and
> looks a lot like oak or
> > ash. It's more dimensionally stabile than either,
> which is why it was used
> > so much under veneers. For what it's worth.
> >
> > Ron N
> >
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