Eagler's Nest

General Category => Off Topics and General Interest => Topic started by: Justin on December 13, 2013, 11:20:00 PM

Title: Where'd you get that wood?
Post by: Justin on December 13, 2013, 11:20:00 PM: If you selected other, please pass along the info if you liked them!

Thanks!
Title: Re: Where'd you get that wood?
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 14, 2013, 05:31:44 PM: When I settled on the LEU, it was because it was "Two-Five thousand, depending on your scrounging ability"
There is a guy in my area that restores Pianos and when he replaces the sound board he can't bring himself to pitch the old one; anyway, he has a pile! This Spruce quite often has one growth ring for 5-6 feet, no joke! Much re-working needs to be done with this wood, but if it was good enough for Steinway, it's good enough for me. This was used for the ribs only.
Not much building going on for me in the last many years, but the time has come to get it done. Kids are grown and much more time and money has freed up!!

Kent
Title: Re: Where'd you get that wood?
Post by: rfeenstra on December 14, 2013, 06:30:04 PM: Hey, i know people in the piano rebuilding business. Great idea. those sound board ribs could be cut for great rib material.
Title: Re: Where'd you get that wood?
Post by: docmatt on December 14, 2013, 10:12:40 PM: I got the rib stock and ply from aircraft spruce. Everything else was rough cut lumber from McCormick lumber, Madison, WI.