Mahogany

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=250 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Singing Trees"><U><I> singing trees</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/tkinstruments?fref=ts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.facebook.com/tkinstruments?f"><U><IMG SRC="161041410.jpg" border=0 width="65" height="65" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> I find that the Honduran and African species of Mahogany have very similar</div> <div> tonal response.</div> <div> But I also find that the individual pieces of both species will vary greatly in tone as well as appearance and weight..</div> <div> So, every piece of wood that I hand select is tested for tone.</div> <div> I usually find that the lighter weight pieces have more warmth, mid-range and an open resonant musical tone (I usually prefer these as body material),</div> <div> The heavier pieces tend to be a more bright "snappy" tone (I sometimes prefer these as neck material)...</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> Mahogany</div> <div> <B>| </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" "><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>  |  </B><A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Singing Trees"><U><B>Singing Trees</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Birdseye Maple"><U><B>Birdseye Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Quilt Maple"><U><B>Quilt Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flame Maple"><U><B>Flame Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id61.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spalted Figured Maple"><U><B>Spalted & Figured Maple</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id119.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swamp Ash"><U><B>Swamp Ash</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alder"><U><B>Alder</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Mahogany</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cocobolo"><U><B>Cocobolo</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Macassar Ebony"><U><B>Macassar Ebony</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bocote"><U><B>Bocote</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Goncolo Alves"><U><B>Goncolo Alves</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras Rosewood"><U><B>Honduras Rosewood</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purpleheart"><U><B>Purpleheart</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lacewood"><U><B>Lacewood</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ziricote"><U><B>Ziricote</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Palemoon Ebony"><U><B>Palemoon Ebony</B></U></A><B>  |</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="718" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 84 WIDTH="712"><div> <B>Please Note:</B></div> <div> Many of the wood samples seen within this gallery have already been processed into instrument parts (bodies, necks etc. )  </div> <div> Therefore, individual selections are unable to be chosen from the wood photos seen within these pages...</div> <div> However, if you have a certain piece that you really like, I will do my best to find a similar piece for you, from my constantly changing selection of woods. </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> click on photo for more info</div> <div> <A HREF="hollow_fp.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hollow T (Florentino Perez) "><U><IMG SRC="efb09e10.jpg" border=0 width="265" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Close up of African mahogany (wet with naptha to show grain)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2bdbc060.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="262" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>