Ric, Is it possible you are confusing the saw marks in the end grain as half quarter sawn? Jude Reveley, RPT Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC Lowell, Massachusetts (978) 323-4545 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: Beautiful Sika SPruce > https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080214/4255abeb/attachment-0005.jpe > > > Hi Dale.... from the picture you supplied (link just above) this looks > like the grain angle is anything but perpendicular to the wide face.... > looks more like half quartersawn at best from what I am seeing. > > Please compare to the pic below.... > > One other question... looks like you are lining up each plank so that > the angle of the grain... which looks to be roughly 30 degrees or so off > the flat face.... are going in opposite directions... any specific > reason for doing this ? > > Cheers > RicB > >
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