[pianotech] Thubby Chipboard, was: Flagpoling

[Terry Farrell]

Well, it's more like mahogany than pine, but looks much closer to walnut or ash in it's ring porous cell structure, and it is brown/tan maybe a little reddish in color.

Terry Farrell

On Aug 12, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:

> Ron,
> Would Chestnut be that slightly reddish wood that isn't mahogany? How would I readily identify it?
> 
> Thumpe
> 
> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>; 
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Thubby Chipboard, was: Flagpoling 
> Sent: Sun, Aug 12, 2012 3:04:59 PM 
> 
> On 8/12/2012 5:50 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:
> 
> > (Other than to say that I personally prefer the tone of a top-notch,
> > classic piano with a very hard wood core.)
> 
> Which is likely pre-blight chestnut. Interestingly, somewhat over 100 years after the importation of the responsible fungus into this country, a blight resistant tree has finally been developed that some think will be able to successfully reestablish some small part of the vast old chestnut forests for commercial harvest. What amazing timing! I personally find it comforting that you have discovered the secret of piano design at just the right time to take advantage of the reestablishment of the wood that will return the art to it's past perfection. Congratulations.
> 
> Ron N

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