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In Reply to: Another source for air dried maple platforms.... posted by mattcecil1@yahoo.com on February 14, 2007 at 09:45:00:
I would suggest a search for wood suppliers. Specify air dried maple and you should be able to locate exactly what you want. You can be sure there is a much broader selection of maple size, and species than you will find in an audiophile venue. If you feel you must pay the audiophile markup - you may choose another option.
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wood suppliers laugh when i've inquired previously...they claim you must know an ahmish woodworker or someone really serious about wood to find planks that have been drying a few years.here in the midwest its almost nonexistent in anything but craft stock, at least that i've been able to find.
What is air dried?Eight quarter maple can take eight years to air dry. Now, on the other hand, anything in a lumber yard is "air drying."
That's a good question! even kiln dried wood is dried with hot air, right?anyways, Mapleshade Records and maybe other mfgrs, are claiming that certain types of tonewoods (Maple mainly) sound their best when they are carefully air dried for several years versus drying in a commercial lumber kiln, which uses heat to extract the H20. mapleshade employs the Ahmish for this.
I have no clue why air dried is better, but i've been playing with 2 air dried boards against 3 kiln dried ones, all maple. The air dried is the Michael Jordan of tonewood whereas the kiln dried is Charles Barkley. Both are great players, one has lots of championship rings though.
Read mapleshade's hyperbole at www.mapleshaderecords.com
the nice mapleshade air dried boards cost over $250 each whereas the timbernation kiln dried are 1/2 that or less....
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