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Re: other kinds of wood?

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2007-06-09 23:22

Amati makes several models in Mpingo wood which seems to be a very good instrument wood. The only problem seems to be aesthetic because since joints are made from different trees they tend to change colors from the brownish orange to chocolate-yellowish with different hues for each piece of wood. We have been experimenting with Ipe wood from South America which has many properties of Grenadilla and the cost and supply are much better. There are a few speciality woods such as olive which also seems to be useful for clarinets - Orsi & Weir makes an olive wood clarinet. An oil content seems to be very useful for wood instruments and many hardwood speices do not react well to wet environments.
L. Omar Henderson
www.doctorsprod.com

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