Featured Wood

African Blackwood

Latin Name: Dalbergia melanoxylon
A small tree growing to heights of 30 feet and generally diameters of less than one foot. Blackwood grows throughout East and Central Africa

Color: Heartwood is purplish-brown with black streaks. Sapwood is white.
Properties:extremely dense and hard. Density 75lb/ft3. Very fine even grain, oily, very stable.
Uses: The wood of choice for fine quality woodwind instruments such as oboes, clarinets and bagpipes.

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