Bridge Capping Materials: Ebony?

[Andrew and Rebeca Anderson]

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I guess the advantage would be that it is less likely to cave under 
string pressure and worse, aggressive string-seating.  How does ebony 
behave with humidity changes?

Andrew

At 01:15 PM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
>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 
><http://www.br111.com/woodspecies.html>http://www.br111.com/woodspecies.html
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>From: <mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net>Andrew and Rebeca Anderson
>To: <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech
>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
>on their 7' & 9' grands they cap the treble portions of the long
>bridge in ebony.  Is this wood harder than maple?
>
>Andrew Anderson
>
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