Bridge Capping Materials: Ebony?

James H Frazee jimfrazee@msn.com
Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:15:35 -0500


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Andrew,

Ebony, with a Janka rating of 3,692 is more than two times harder than =
maple with a Janka rating of just 1,450.  See =
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ml>
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  From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson<mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net>=20
  To: Pianotech<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>=20
  Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 1:16 PM
  Subject: Bridge Capping Materials: Ebony?


  I've been looking at a high-end German piano, Sauter, an noticed that=20
  on their 7' & 9' grands they cap the treble portions of the long=20
  bridge in ebony.  Is this wood harder than maple?

  Andrew Anderson

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