Klarinet Archive - Posting 000154.txt from 1994/09

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Other woods / (SA Rosewood is rare, Indian is not)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 07:49:07 -0400

On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Robert J. Resnik wrote:

> >
> > 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.
> >
> 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.
>
I have a Shenai (Indian shawm) made of Indian rosewood. It's a pretty
wood, but doesn't seem quite as dense as the Brazilian, as you say.