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What is bubinga wood used for?
Bubinga wood is commonly used in fine furniture and cabinetwork, decorative veneers, fancy turnery, inlay work, joinery, flooring, and decorative panelling. Bubinga is valuable, durable and moderately resistant to wood-boring insects including termites. Bubinga Lumber is sourced from Western Africa.
Is bubinga wood good for guitars?
Bubinga has been in use for making guitars for many years. This adds to the aesthetic appeal of guitars made from this wood. Its interlocked grain make the wood more like mahogany and easy to blend with other types of wood. Generally, this wood is a beautiful species that has a charm of its own.
Which wood is used for musical instrument?
Mechanical properties of tonewoods
| Wood species | ρ Density kg/m3 | F Flexural strength MPa |
|---|---|---|
| Red Spruce (Adirondack) | 435 | 66.0 |
| Western White Pine | 435 | 66.9 |
| White Poplar | 440 | 65.0 |
| Red Alder | 450 | 67.6 |
Is bubinga a good tonewood?
It has a medium texture with interlocking grain. It’s pinkish-mauve cast oxidizes to a nice brownish-red over time. Because of its interlocking grain, it can be like some of the more difficult Mahogany to bend. Overall, Bubinga is one of the best values in a tonewood.
Is Bubinga wood expensive?
Price: $17 and up per board foot. Coming in last on our most expensive woods list is Bubinga. It’s sometimes referred to as a Rosewood substitute, even though it is not even of the same family as true Rosewood.
Is Bubinga a hardwood or softwood?
Bubinga is a hard and heavy wood that is grown in Cameroon, Gabon and the Ivory Coast of Africa. It would be classified as a tropical hardwood. It is widely available as lumber and veneer in the U.S. market; it is often quite expensive.
Is Bubinga wood toxic?
Allergies/Toxicity: Although severe reactions are quite uncommon, Bubinga has been reported to cause skin irritation and/or skin lesions in some individuals. See the articles Wood Allergies and Toxicity and Wood Dust Safety for more information. Pricing/Availability: Should be moderately priced for an import.
What is the most musical wood?
Sitka, Engelmann, Adirondack and European spruce are the most preferred by musicians and luthiers alike. And the great thing about spruces is that you can find them in almost all the four corners of the globe. If there’s one wood that exudes beauty and elegance, then we’d say it’s ebony.
What is music wood?
Music wood is sometimes referred to as tonewood. It is used to create the tops, backs sides, fretboards and bridges of musical instruments. Woods cut from different trees or trees in different regions will vary in sound. They will also have slightly different weights and different densities.
Is bubinga wood heavy?
Is bubinga wood toxic?
Is bubinga wood endangered?
The bubinga wood that we use in some Dusty Strings harps and hammered dulcimers was added to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), effective January 2nd, 2017.