WOOD-USING INDUSTRIES OF CALIFORNIA. f>3 



Australian mahogany. Australia. 



Of total amount of Australian mahogany manufactured 100 per cent 

 used in this industry. 



Pianos, benches. 



Beauty of finish. 



Rough, crotch, veneer, J inch thick. 



H id wood. California. 



Of total amount of redwood manufactured 0.1 per cent used in this 

 industry. 



Cases for pianos and player pianos ; pipes and chests for pipe organs. 



Light, easily worked. 



Cases : surfaced on two sides, clear, 1 inch thick. 



Pipes, chests: rough, clear, 1, 2 and 3 inches thick. 



By-products : small pieces glued together for laminated veneer cores. 



NOTE. There is some prejudice in the trade against the use of redwood for piano 

 parts, although it should be fit for this purpose. 



\Vliite oak, plain (eastern oak}. Middle West; South. 



Piano and pipe organ cases. 



Strong, fine finish. 



Rough or surfaced, clear, 1 to 3 inches thick. 

 Douglas fir (Oregon pine, Washington fir) . Oregon ; Washington. 



Backs and frames of pianos and player pianos; veneer cores. 



Strong, cheap, takes veneer well. 



Surfaced on two sides, 1 to 2 inches thick : frames, clear stock : back- 

 ing, common grades. 



Eastern maple (rock maple, hard maple) . New England ; Lake States ; 



Middle West ; South. 



Of total amount of eastern maple manufactured 1.6 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Action work on pipe organs ; benches ; pianos ; pin blocks and tuning 

 pins in pianos ; veneering in accordions. 



Hard, light, strong, easily worked, good finish. 



Rough, clear, j to 2 inches thick: 4,500 feet of high figured veneer 

 used. 



Oregon ash. Oregon. 



Of total amount of Oregon ash manufactured 4.1 per cent used in 

 this industry. 



Action work on pianos. 



Rough, best, all thicknesses. 

 Lawson cypress (white cedar, Port Orford cedar). Oregon. 



Pipe organs. 



Rough, clear, 1 to 2 inches thick. 



