Types Of Wood?

[chainyanker]

what other types of wood besides rosewode and mahogany? i have one i believe that wallnut. thanks

[d.elliott]

If it looks a bit like a walnut burl, it might be amboyna

 

Dave

[JimLucas]

what other types of wood besides rosewode and mahogany? i have one i believe that wallnut. thanks

I believe I've seen walnut listed in the Wheatsstone ledgers, and I'm sure I've seen a couple, but they're not as common as rosewood. And ebony, of course. I seem to recall a couple of examples in cherry and maple, as well, and I've been told that pear wood was sometimes used under veneers of ebony, amboyna, tortoiseshell, etc.

[Richard Morse]

what other types of wood besides rosewode and mahogany? i have one i believe that wallnut.

Wood for what use? Edited May 17, 2006 by Richard Morse

[chainyanker]

what the concertina made from. it looks to me that the fret work been cut from a solid piece of wallnut, the sides are layered, with a thin piece of wallnut the other looks lighter colored wood.

[JimLucas]

what other types of wood besides rosewode and mahogany? i have one i believe that wallnut.

Wood for what use?

what the concertina made from.

I think you mean, what the fretted ends are made from, while Rich is alluding to the fact that other parts -- the reed pan, the lever board, the bellows end frames -- are almost certainly made of woods different from the decorative surface of the ends.

 

it looks to me that the fret work been cut from a solid piece of wallnut, the sides are layered, with a thin piece of wallnut the other looks lighter colored wood.

On many concertinas even the fretted ends were a base of one kind of wood covered with a more decorative veneer. Ebony and amboyna were often done that way, though I do have a pinhole Æola with solid ebony ends. So it's interesting that your fretwork isn't veneered, though not surprising that the sides of the ends are.

[Dirge]

What's a pinhole aeola, Jim?

[JimLucas]

What's a pinhole aeola, Jim?

Lots of info in two former Topics: this one and this one.

[chainyanker]

jim, what im seeing is a dark wood top and bottom of the fret work, dark wood on the outside and light colored on the inside of the sides. thanks

[Richard Morse]

If you're talking only about the outsides of vintage concertinas, the fretworked end was usually 4 plies of maple veneer with a 5th decorative wood top ply (rosewood, mahogany, emboyna, walnut, ebony, etc.). Often the top was heavily stained to accent the wood (or to hide it - sometimes they stained the ebony black to hide it's lighter brown grain - or to stain maple black to resemble ebony).

 

The side frames were usually a solid chunk of maple with a single layer of decorative veneer to match the top.

 

Often the undersides of the fretworked end was stained as well (but not always) though only rarely were the insides of the side frames stained (at least of the boxes I've seen).

[Theo]

Jim

 

If you are talking about the anglo you recently got from me I'm pretty sure its mahogany with a dark reddish brown finish.

[chainyanker]

yea theo thats what im talking about. i have a little knowledge with wood work, dad was a cabnit maker, desk. tables ect... i just never seen dark colored mahogany as under the fret work, but the other side of the coin there is a lot things i never seen. thanks again theo im happy with both concertinas. the 22 button is back to playing order also. youve been a lot of help. now if i can get the wife to pick one up we chould play dueling concertinas. lol