Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2007-06-09 23:20
A lot of [local] recorders are made of pearwood here. While this seems to be an acoustically sound decision, it appears that the wood is fine but just not hard enough to withstand the stress of pillars, keys and other contraptions.
(pear, apple, plums, almonds etc are all rosaceae, now I wonder why tropical hardwoods are called rosewood)
Many of these woods contain too many irregularities (like branch roots etc) that can easily warp or crack an expensive piece of work. Others are too soft (spruce, pine) or too vivid (ash) even in conditioned and seasoned state.
Then again, what fun is it to use an unusual kind of wood when the first thing you're doing to it is to paint it black? Heck, we're all playing on Tin Lizzies, somehow.
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Ben
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