Author: Julian ibiza
Date: 2023-06-04 01:09
Hi KdK ,
To answer you very briefly, I was trying to touch on the subject of tone woods in different instruments and their various degrees of protagonisme in the matter tone and volume .
Hi Jen
Indeed you are right that sustainable, plantation grown timber is the way to go .
Even before we use the wood ,it's there absorbing C0 2 and producing oxygen
which is great in itself . It involves a long term investment however...more so for hardwoods that tend to be slow growing . Most of the timber on the market is now plantation grown ,but the problem tends to be that growers chose areas where it grows quickly and this results in lower density , less stable timber that is frequently too poor to be suitable for the things it once was . Having been a woodworker for 40 years I have been made painfully aware of this quality drop problem ,but I accept that we shouldn't be cutting down trees without a replanting policy.
I suspect that the continued cutting of Blackwood trees in Africa is not the product of sound ecological evaluation , but rather the result of economic desperation and short term gain policies . I haven't tried to look into the matter too deeply however because I expect it's rather depressing .
I'm pleased to hear that Yamaha are investing in alternative ecologically friendly/sustainable materials . Yamaha have a great history of being innovative and enterprising with their musical products and forward thinking .
Julian Griffiths
Tel. 34 696 798 853
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