Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 1994/09

From: "Robert J. Resnik" <rjresnik@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Other woods / (SA Rosewood is rare, Indian is not)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 07:48:53 -0400

>
> Indian rosewood is pretty easy to come by. Its grown on plantations
> (I've been told that they alternate rows of tea & rosewood) and is
> a renewable resource. It isn't as pretty, but mechanically it is comparable.
> SCO Government Systems Group
> 703-715-8727
>
Indian rosewood may be "comparable mechanically", but it is very porous
and much less dense than Brazilian, so I would suppose that the acoustic
properties of these two woods might be very different.