26-12-2007, 05:18 PM
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Creating brazilian rosewood out of other materials?
On Dec 26, 12:31*am, Tashi wrote:
On Dec 25, 5:22*pm, Tommy Grand wrote:
Brazilian rosewood is a prized material used in crafting fine
classical guitars. *However, sources of the wood have all but dried up
and luthiers are growing desperate. *I've heard stories of guitars
made out of chopped down castle doors and stolen church pews, to name
a few.
Now plainly, the only materials needed to create rosewood are a seeds,
soil, sunlight, water and time. *You have to wait something like a
thousand years for the tree to grow, which is the whole problem. *With
modern chemical know-how, can't we find a way to speed up whatever
reaction is involved and create some new wood in say, five years? *If
not, tell us whether the barrier is lack of scientific knowledge or
lack of money.
Brazilian rosewood is highly over rated. *I'm more concered about the
fate of East Indian rosewood.
* BTW, I going to Northern India January 27th for 7 weeks, I will be
getting alot of Tibetan spruce to bring back. *I hear it's the best
spruce in the world.
* MT
http://www.tibet.com/Eco/logging.html
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campai...-deforestation
http://www.musicwood.org/campaign.htm
http://www.fsc.org/
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