All,
The discussion of pegs going out of round is interesting, but it isn't
addressing my original question, which was whether ebony was used in pre-1600
instrument building (or for that matter what other woods would have been used
in lieu of ebony) and if there is any documentation off this wh
Collected Wisdom,
I know that today we know there's too much silica in ebony to use as tuning
pegs, but I'm curious as to whether using ebony for pegs was a period practice
pre-1600? Can anyone point me to appropriate documentation on the types of
woods used on stringed instruments prior to 160
