Tonewood for musical instruments
CREATING BEAUTIFUL SOUNDS
We always choose the timber from healthy, slowly and straight grown trees. Only the best qualities will be processed to tonewood, because we know how much the wood quality affects the sound of the instrument. Therefore we have choosen from exotic and domestic species and dried the wood very carefully.
For different instruments like guitars, clarinettes, flutes or marimbas there are a number of special species which you can choose from. Every type of wood affects the sound, especially the wood structure, the density and the ability to swing.
Besides the often used and well known types like African Blackwood, Boxwood or Ebony, you can also try out other species.
We have so many different species available, the diversity of the wood properties is very big so there can be achieved great results with trying new combinations. Do not hesitate do ask us if you have any questions.
FLUTES AND CLARINETTS
For building high quality flutes and clarinetts, we offer African Blackwood, Castello Boxwood or Pearwood, also exotic timber like Cocus (Brya ebenus) or Mopani.
Standard dimensions are always available, we are also open to requests for custom productions of dimensions with different measurements.
STRINGED INSTRUMENTS
For the classic musical instrument, the chello, double bass or violin, Ebony is often used as the fingerboard or the violin bow.
Choose from Ebony or Snakewood in different dimensions or even half logs. We are open to requests for custom productions.
ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITAR/BASS
Today a long list of wood is used for guitar building. Cedar or Maple for the neck, East Indian Rosewood or Mahogany for bottoms and sides, Ebony or Ziricote for fingerboards.
Also different structures like fiddleback, burl, pommelé are available to combine for keative music instrument builders.
BAGPIPES
High quality Bag Pipes are made out of timber like Ebony, Mopani or African Blackwood.
For the different types (Highland Pipes, Border Pipes, Small Pipes and Uilleann Pipes) there are a few dimension sets available.
PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
Pao Rosa, Honduras Rosewood or other timber for Marimba und Xylophon.
FINE ASSORTMENT
NAME / BOTANICAL NAME / ORIGIN
African Blackwood
Dalbergia melanoxylon
East Africa
Alder (Euro)
Alnus glutinosa
North/West Europe
Amboina Burl
Pterocarpus indicus
Southeast Asia
Apple
Malus spp.
North/West Europe
American White Ash
Fraxinus americana
North America
European Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
North/West Europe
Swamp Ash
Fraxinus excelsior
North/West Europe
Black Walnut
Juglans nigra
North/East America
Brasil Cedro
Cedrela odorata
South America
Brazilian Tulipwood
Dalbergia frutescens/decipularis
South America
Boxwood, Amarillo
Euxylophora paraensis
South America
Boxwood, Castello
Calycophyllum multiflorum
South America
Bubinga
Guibourtia demeusei (tessmannii)
West/Central Africa
Chestnut, Marone
Castanea sativa
North/West Europe
Cocobolo Rosewood
Dalbergia tucurensis + retusa
Central America
Cypress
Cupressus sempervirens
South Europe
East Indian Rosewood
Dalbergia latifolia
South Asia
Ebony, black/stripy
Diospyros crassiflora
West/Central Africa
Macassar Ebony
Diospyros celebica
Southeast Asia
Mahogany, Sapeli
Entandophragma cylindricum
West/Central Africa
Mahogany, Swietenia
Swietenia macrophylla
Central/South America
Maple
Acer pseudoplatanus
North/West Europe
Quilted Maple
Acer macrophyllum
North America
Euro Sycamore
Acer platanoides
North/West Europe
Mopane
Colophospermum mopane
East Africa
Mulberry
Morus nigra
South Europe
Padouk
Pterocarpus soyauxii
West/Central Africa
Black Palm
Caryota urens
South Asia
Red Palm
Caryota nucifera
South Asia
Pao Rosa
Swartzia fistuloides
East Africa
Pearwood
Pyrus spp.
North/West Europe
Plane
Platanus spp.
Europe
Poplar Burl
Populus spp.
West Europe
Purpleheart
Peltogyne lecointei (venosa)
South America
Redwood
Sequoia spp.
North/West Europe
Rosewood, Kingwood
Dalbergia cearensis
South America
Santos/Morado
Machaerium scleroxylon
Central America
Satinwood
Chloroxylon swietenia
South Asia
Snakewood, Letterwood
Piratinera guianensis
South America
Sweet Cherry
Prunus avium
North/West Europe
Thuja Burl
Tetraclinis articulata
North Africa
Walnut (Euro)
Juglans regia
North/West Europe
Wenge
Millettia laurentii
West/Central Africa
Zebrawood, Zingana
Microberlinia brazzavillensis
West/Central Africa
Ziricote
Cordia dodecandra
Central America