TODAY THE UPS TRUCK BROUGHT ME GREAT TREASURE. A huge package of Redwood salvaged from the water tanks of New York City. Sent to me by my new friend Jon, he sourced this wood from a Philadelphia company that replaces the old Redwood water tanks of New York City with Alaska Cedar tanks. Many of these old Redwood tanks are 80 years old and the wood is now seasoned and makes marvelous tonewood for ukuleles.
I will be sharing some of this wood with my guitar making friend George Thomas, but I will reap enough wood to make perhaps twenty-five tenors.
I will be sharing some of this wood with my guitar making friend George Thomas, but I will reap enough wood to make perhaps twenty-five tenors.
Here is the package left at the door. Beautifully packed and arrived in perfect condition.
The lid is removed to reveal the first plank.
Three pieces, 28 inches long, 11 inches wide and 2 3/4 inches thick. Tongue and groove redwood used for water tanks for many decades in New York City. New York's gravity water system will only push water to the 6th floor of a building. If a building is taller than that it must have a water tank.
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A veritable treasure trove of fine tonewood for my tenors of the future. I am convinced that Redwood is the holy grail of tonewood for tenor ukuleles, and this water tank wood is old and stiff and makes amazing sounding ukes
