Cracked Lid

[Farrell]

How would it loose density/mass over time?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: Cracked Lid


> 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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