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Grenadilla Firewood

Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-01-18 20:35

Had a phone call with my godfather. Being an M.D. by trade there's a lot of an engineer in him (where did I hear that before), and he's interested in everything that technically moves. Told him I bought a clarinet. He then
<WARNING: CRUEL THREAD>
told me a story of an acquaintance of him who imported hardwood from Africa to Europe; the bigger/better bits were sold for instruments, the lesser parts he kept and shipped them by the waggon home where he used them as firewood.
So that godfather of mine inquired, as it would be a pity to burn such fine wood, if he could trade part of it in against some ordinary beech wood and keep the ebony for manufacturing things such as replacement handles for antique household items and things like that.
Now he has a sizeable amount of hardwood bits and I am very tempted to ask him if he'd like to lathe a barrel for me (modelled after the one I already have, but a millimeter or two longer, instead of tuning rings or pulling).

Imagine that. Firewood.

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Ben

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