tim_ado Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 hey i just came aross this board in my workshop *shed*(cough) anyway there a few bit glue together and i want to use it for a top i think it looks kind of vintage anyone know what it is??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmrentis Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 I saw this earlier in a different thread I believe and tried to figure it out and couldn't even come up with a guess. Is that its natural color? The area where it looks like the bottom piece is attached to the middle, it almost looks like a stain was started to be sanded off or something. I dunno, I have no ideas for you, I will say I think it looks pretty cool if its the natural color. Best of luck in figuring it out. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted July 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 yeah im pretty sure it its natural colour the back has nothin on it and its slightly light only because in the picture i put some water on it........the lighter part is just part of the grain i kinda like it and i think im using it for a top ohh i said in the other thread but if anyone knows of estey oragans thats what the wood is from if thats a hin at all cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Who cares what it is. If it's cool, use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubab0y Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Looks a lot like elm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Weight, smell...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted July 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 ummm its pretty light and it smells.....i dont know .....old......but nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 so this is an old thread but im thinking of using this piece soon any other thoughts??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 that lower part (the part below the glue line) looks just like black walnut, but it would be fairly heavy it it was. could they have glued a piece of not walnut to walnut and stained it to look like walnut (colourwise) to make it match (maybe something happened to the other half in its previous life). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 nar that board is made up of about 3 pieces...and im pretty sure its all the same....the entire organ was made out of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 It is hard to say, Organs are not built like pianos, and the wood is treated mor like a piece of furnature. Mayby northern ash?(looks like the wood is stained to me), but if not and that is the actual color of the raw wood, eastern Black Walnut is a possibility. Is it solid hardwood or veneered Plywood? Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAK Guitars Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Yeah it kind of looks like some sliding doors in my house and their outsides are plywood, but if your sure that yours are solid 3 pieces than I guess not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carousel182 Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 My guess is black walnut. Walnut gets lighter in color as it ages from what I've seen and heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 nar its hard wood and i think its dam old......one of my dads organs is over 100 but im not sure if its from this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan D Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hahah, for a second I thought you meant a human organ, and I got really confused. Have you tried sanding off a very small piece of it to see if the wood has been tinted or colored, so that you can expose the true color of the wood (if it isn't that)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 just looking at the wood now and i would say the it looks alot lighter on the other side in the initial picture the back seems lighter so im thinking that the front has some type of stain on it by the looks of the back im lending towards walnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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