I've been using redwood for the core and long neck: light, strong, humidity resistant, and no termites.
At 03:21 PM 3/29/2008, you wrote: >That's a fine instrument, indeed. > >What are the timbers used? >Kingwood for the bowl and beech for the neck? Or does the neck has a >pine core? >The neck doesn't seem to veneered, but stained black and red inside >the pegbox. > >Urs Leo To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
