[pianotech] What kind of wood is this?

[Barbara Richmond]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> 
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:29:30 PM 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What kind of wood is this? 

On 8/26/2010 11:47 AM, John Delacour wrote: 

>> Anyone else seen this look before? 
> 
> Never! It's very striking isn't it. 

Yes it is! 


>To me it looks more like 
> ash, but I have never seen ash cut like that. I guess it's 
> possible. 

Ash was my guess too, and rotary (rather than flitch) cut 
could well produce the pattern. We see something similar on 
the face veneers of fir plywood, though not nearly as pretty. 

Ron N 
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