>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 Beat me, so I looked it up. Skimming - I might have missed one... specific gravity Ash 0.49 - 0.53 Chestnut 0.43 Oak 0.63 - 0.88 I also wondered about that core material that looked like oak but was too light, until some old timer told me about chestnut. Ron N
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