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All ready for binding - the first 2 Work Hoss models. The one on the top is Honduran rosewood, straight off the Mayan land in Belize. The other is Indonesian rosewood. The plan is to try to build them all from Honduran. We love its look, but even more its resonance. It is probably the most musical of all rosewoods. That is why marimba bars are made from it. It just is not that easy to come by.
The tops, although not from the same billet, or even the same tree, are almost identical in every physical property- density, Young's modulus, sound radiation coefficient, and even appearance. Once they were voiced and braced, their weight differed by only 4 grams.

The last photo is the next set of Honduran rosewood from Greener Lumber for Work Hoss#3.