Ebony bridge caps

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Michael
 zzzzzzactly.  Well said. For quite some timer  now I have been very fussy 
about my bridge cap material.  I find it where I  can.  I had the good fortune 
of buying old Aeolian maple stock,  which was aged tight grained.    I also 
managed to salvage a  complelty built of maple upright. Beautiful stuff. 20 t0 25 
grains an inch.  Unheard of.
  This gives me very dense treble caps & really tight  pin holes.  The lack 
of false beats is evidence of good materials.  I  like the laminated idea a lot 
but it requires the fancy dancy notcher which I  don't have time to invent. 
Besides nothching really good maple is not that hard  with sharp chisels & 
well...there's the craftsmanship part which I enjoy.  Enjoyed your post & tude 
dude.
  
  Dale

Having said all of that, (I also love dichotomies),I think most  would agree 
that throughout the the conversations of boards,  bridges, caps, etc, one 
theme remains constant:  minimize  the losses.  Lost energy is lost energy.

Michael C. Spreeman 
_http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com_ 
(http://www.spreemanpianoinnovations.com/) 



 



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