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Old 07-13-2019, 05:38 AM
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...Gotta love the colors in this set of Brazilian rosewood. Tom tells me it was probably harvested in the 1920's, nearly 100 years ago. Perfectly quarter-sawn wood with that much age on it makes it a bit more fragile, but with sustain and overtones superior to any other wood in his stash.
These recent comments from luthier Mark Hatcher give a little more insight on working with 100-year old wood:

...The wood rings better and ... coloring becomes much richer. Also, the internal stresses relax out (sometimes by cracking) but whatever it wanted do it pretty much has done leaving a much more stable board. There are other aspects to this too. Heat and humidity make wood expand and shrink. This reaction is reduced with repeated cycles. As wood matures it gains a more musical and complex sound quality and the sustain increases.
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