Today I mailed off the East Indian Rosewood to North Carolina and delivered the Brazilian to its new owner here in Bellingham. Now only the Honduran Rosewood remains awaiting the check from its buyer. I took the opportunity to sit outside on this beautiful evening and play this tenor for an hour or so. I really like it. Honduran Rosewood delivers a brighter seemingly more responsive tone to the sound hole than does the East Indian or the Brazilian. As the wood gets harder the sound appears to get brighter, even though the redwood tops are identical. In addition, this wood is really beautiful to me. I intend to make more of them.
And so today I spent many hours working through the scraps of wood I bought yesterday using table saw, band saw, jointer and planer, cutting it into pieces from which I can cut tenor sides and backs.
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I rolled the planer out into the sunlight and fresh air and planed a lot of it flat. You see the jointer in the left hand picture. I made a lot of sawdust
Here I am sawing a planed board into lengths to make half of a back. This is a nice piece. I hope I can re-saw it into two, maybe four pieces.
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Here is what I salvaged from the stack of lumber you saw in yesterdays blog. If I am able to re-saw each of these pieces into two usable pieces, I will have enough Honduran Rosewood to make ten tenors. I am hoping for more, but ten tenors made from this superior wood would make my $150 investment a real bargain.
the small pieces I will use for bridges, and fretboards and strap buttons.
the small pieces I will use for bridges, and fretboards and strap buttons.
