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    Blackwood Barrels are back
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    East Indian Rosewood
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    Reject Clarinet Bell Blanks
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    African Blackwood Clarinet Bell Blank Barrel

    The heartwood of African Blackwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its main use is in turning, and it claims the title of the finest of turnery woods, well known as the standard by which other turnery woods are judged. Long a favorite of ornamental turners, the nature of the wood allows very fine detail with sharp cutters, leaving a beautiful, burnished surface. Some blanks may have sapwood corners or more, burly or wild grain, occasional bug holes, small inclusions, small checks, i.e. they have the small defects common to Blackwood. That said these have to be the best quality rejects I have seen in nearly 30 years. A good percentage have no discernible defects and those that do have minor ones. They are an odd size to make it easier to turn the bell or flared end of a clarinet. On one end they are 2 3/4-3 1/4" square and the other end is 1 3/8-1 5/8" square with tapered sides as in the photo. Length is 4 3/4-5 1/4". The barrel will ship via freight truck. Please call us if you have any questions. 503-274-1271 Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States. A has 195 pieces. B has 189 pieces. C has 206 pieces. D has 198 pieces. E has 208 pieces. F has 198 pieces.
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    Oliver Mortiser

    220 volt, three phase, no tooling. Would prefer pick-up from our warehouse in Portland, Oregon but might be persuaded to crate and ship. Give us a call for more details. 503-274-1271
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    German Lime

    Also called European Basswood, this species grows throughout Europe. It was the favorite wood of the English carver Grinling Gibbons and the German Gothic sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider. Pale in color, it has a straight grain and fine, even texture. It is easy to work and can easily be carved with, against, and cross the grain. It is recognized as one of the classic carving woods. Air-dried.
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    Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

    One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars. Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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    Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

    One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars. Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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    Palisander Guitar Bridge Blanks

    One of several rosewood species from Madagascar. It has beautiful color and grain, a sweet smell, and is very easy to work and stable in use. It is a very close match to true Rio or Brazilian Rosewood (Dalbergia nigra) and as such is much in demand for musical instruments, especially guitars. Due to this item being on the CITES list, we are only shipping this species to addresses in the United States.
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    Ziricote Guitar Finger Boards

    This striped wood develops a beautiful golden patina as it ages.
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    Makamong Burl

    This is from S.E. Asia and is also called Makamong. We cut a large burl years ago into 4" to 6" slabs. The burl was old to begin with, and had been lying in a timber brokers yard for who knows how long. But it was long enough for pests to burrow through the sapwood and into a bit of the heartwood. The effects were incredible. It reminds me of an old dolomite cave complex after thousands of years of water erosion. Full of fissures and chasms, it is easy to visualize bats flying in and out or maybe a miniature version of Shelob's lair.
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    Grasstree Roots

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    Amboyna Burl

    One of the world's most rare and beautiful burls. A light to deep reddish-orange, sometimes with darker lines, and with a lovely, spicy scent, there is hardly an area not highly figured with bird's-eyes. Hard & heavy and capable of taking a fine polish.
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    African Blackwood Turning Squares Bundles

    The heartwood is purplish to brownish-black with dark gray streaks giving an overall impression of being black. Lustrous with an attractive inner chatoyance. Very hard, heavy, close-grained, and virtually free from pores. Its stability and lovely tonal qualities make it an excellent instrument wood. Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States. These are rejects from the clarinet companies. The might have some small defects, but no end checks that won't turn off.
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    Black Limba 2 piece Guitar Neck Set

    Beautifully variegated and colored, Black Limba is easy to work and finish. This wood is found in the equatorial forests of West Africa. Black Limba has wonderful tonal properties and is suitable for both solid-body guitars and acoustic guitars. Easy to work and takes a nice polish.
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    Figured Bubinga

    Called by some woodworkers African Rosewood, Bubinga is a deep, lustrous, brownish-red color with a fine, darker striping. The figure makes the wood doubly beautiful. It is very hard and heavy and takes a glassy, smooth finish. Due to CITES regulations, we can only ship this species to customers in the United States.
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    American Cherry

    Cherry is one of our most valuable hardwoods. It's beautiful rich color and luster, dimensional stability, and strength all combine to make Cherry an excellent furniture wood. We just received a large shipment of 8/4 Cherry, all 12" and wider, a rarity these days. Please call for pricing.
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    American Cherry

    Cherry is one of our most valuable hardwoods. It's beautiful rich color and luster, dimensional stability, and strength all combine to make Cherry an excellent furniture wood. We just received a large shipment of 8/4 Cherry, all 12" and wider, a rarity these days. Please call for pricing.
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    Tennessee Red Cedar

    Famous for its fragrance and use as chest and closet linings. It is generally knotty, machines quite nicely except for some grain tear-out around knots, is very stable in service, resistant to decay and is said to repel moths and other insects.
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    Tennessee Red Cedar

    Famous for its fragrance and use as chest and closet linings. It is generally knotty, machines quite nicely except for some grain tear-out around knots, is very stable in service, resistant to decay and is said to repel moths and other insects.
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    Vertical Grain Douglas Fir

    Douglas Fir tends to be stiffer than either Spruce or Cedar.Air-dried.
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    Figured Shedua

    Also called Ovangkol and Amazakoue. This wood is increasingly becoming popular as an acoustic guitar wood. The color varies from a rich, golden brown to a lustrous grayish brown usually with a black stripe.
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    Bird's-eye Maple

    The heartwood is white or cream to light brown or reddish brown. Figured somewhat like that of burl with many small eyes separate from each other. Hard and heavy, 45 lbs/cu ft. Easy to work and takes a smooth polish. U.S.A.