I lost the thread, but someone inquired about matching African mahogany
veneer. There is the problem with the letter because I have never seen
a piano which used African mahogany. Piano mfgrs. used Honduras
mahogany for the quality instruments, and so-called Philippine
"mahogany" (which isn't really mahogany at all) for everything else.
Nobody used African mahogany, except for construction parts like air
motor slides and such. Nobody would attempt to use African mahogany for
dress veneer. A tree of African mahogany was probably 7-10 feet in
diameter and such a nondescript grain that all it is good for is 2 X
4's and pallet material.

   By the way, Terry, Carl Kempf is a terrific guy and does have a lot
of fancy veneers, but has failing eyesight and would probably not be
able to find it.  If I had a garage full of veneer and it required a
day or two just to dig through the stack, I would decline. The way to
acquire Carl's veneer is to give him an offer he can't refuse, and take
the entire lot.

Craig B.