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 Re: has the quality of African blackwood gone down?
Author: Caroline Smale 
Date:   2013-09-17 18:31

In the best old instruments the wood not sawn but split with an axe so that the resulting billet followed the grain of the wood.

The wood was also allowed to season naturally for a decent period rather than the kiln drying used frequently in more modern times.

Most instruments, including the student ones, up to 1950s were made of wood so that the maker could select the very best wood for the top grade instruments and use the rest on the lower grades.

I have several clarinets from the 1940s on and in my perception the wood in the older ones is definitely better.
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