Quartersawn

Quartersawn

Refers to lumber milled axially against the grain; produces the most durable, strongest boards.

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Industry/Domain: Musical equipment
Category: Pianos
Company: Steinway
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quartersawn

Construction; Flooring

The annual growth rings of wood form an angle of 45 degrees to 90 degrees with the surface of the piece. In quartersawn strips, the medullary rays or pith rays in ring porous ...

quartersawn

Musical equipment; Pianos

Refers to lumber milled axially against the grain; produces the most durable, strongest boards.

quartersawn boards

Construction; Decks

Boards sawn from a log so that the face of the board is at an angle between 60 degrees and 90 degrees to the growth rings in the log. Quartersawn boards generally are more stable ...

quartersawn wood

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Wood that has been sawed from a hardwood log in such a manner so the growth rings form an angle from 45° to 90° with the surface.

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Musical equipment; Pianos

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piano reconditioning

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Restoring the condition of exciting piano parts and their functions.

piano strings

Musical equipment; Pianos

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piano tuning

Musical equipment; Pianos

is the act of making minute adjustments to the tensions of the strings of a piano to properly align the intervals between their tones so that the instrument is in tune.

pinblock

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The wooden structure that holds the tuning pins in place. Also known as a wrestplank.

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