Ebony bridge caps

[John Delacour]

At 6:55 pm -0500 4/6/07, Ron Nossaman wrote:

>I think it was the sound, but not because Boxwood is harder and the 
>little vibrations do more magic things somehow. Not that harder 
>isn't a good idea, but I think it was, and is, because of the mass.

There are easier ways of increasing mass.  Besides, the boxwood 
capping is usually less than 1/4" thick

>Incidentally, every wood imaginable has been called boxwood at one 
>time or another.

Really.
 
<http://www.si.edu/MCI/english/professional_development/past_courses_programs/programs/boxwoods.html>

>  Anyone got a real name for this stuff?

I referred explicitly to European Boxwood,

At 8:53 pm +0100 4/6/07, I wrote:
>The relative density of European boxwood is from 0.95 to 1.1

BUXUS SEMPERVIRENS

JD