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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW, APRIL, 19Ul
pare. Fifty different kinds of woods have
been analyzed as to commercial names,
botanical names, origin, types of figures
available, price range, hardness, how cut,
and approximate maximum widths and
lengths.
This information has been compiled in
a table, similar to that which is published
herewith which includes those woods
which are used in pianos and other musi-
cal instruments. There are 22 of these
out of the fifty which are listed in the
entire reference.
"Of particular importance", said Mr.
Close, "and that about which there has
been much vague information in the past,
is types of figures available and approxi-
mate widths and lengths. Each item, and
those two stressed herewith are of prim-
ary interest to designers, architects, speci-
The Veneer Association of 616 South Principal Cabinet Woods which accord- fication writers, the manufacturer and the
Michigan Ave., Chicago has just released ing to Charles E. Close, secretary of the purchasing agent, regardless of the partic-
a most comprehensive reference data on association, has taken many years to pre- ular industry which they may be a part."
Piano
Supplies
Actions - Hammers - Plates - Hardware
Strings - Pins - Felts - Tuners Supplies
Comprehensive Analysis of Cabinet
Woods Released by Veneer Association
VENEERS
Th* v«n*er» liatod below, known u "face •en*«rs," axe those used
for the exposed surfaces of furniture, Architectural panels, etc.
NOTES:
(1) BOTANICAL NAME: Often various species aie known by the u m t commercial name. The botanical name
serves to further identify the specie" which it being described. Where several species are known by the urn*
commercial name, that used most often in the ionn oi veneen is lilted.
12) PRICE RANGE: The classifications "low," "low-medium," "medium," "medium-high" and "high," are
approximate, and are to be used only lor the purpose of comparing the price of one species with thai of another.
These classifications have been based on medium grade stock of average figure (where figure is avail-
able). Plain veneers of the same species would average less, highly figured veneers, more. PRICES MAY
VARY FROM MONTH TO MONTH, depending upon supply and demand.
(3) HARDNESS: The various species are described as "soft," "soft-medium," "medium," "medium-hard," and
"hard," so that they may be compared with one another. "Soft" does not mean botanically soft. Wherever
Ceaooescial
N.B.
•AMARANTH
ASH. A M I .
Botanical Nasao
(1)
Pellogyno panicuUtaj
Origin
Color Ranga
Price
Ran,.
w
T1
Mad.
H. R.
24'
7 It.
Burl
or cluster. Cluster is miiture oi Med.- Mad.-
to Ian, icms- Burl
Umb.llul.ri* Cali- Caliiornii Cream
pUin wood, cream lo light tan, and High Hard
hmes with darker
4 Oregon
burl, which varies Irom tan to dark
fornia*
Med.-
burl
High Hard
brown or black.
Qtd.
Soft-
Flat
Med. Crolch
10*
20"
11'
14 ft.
14 it.
36"
Plain strip*, broken strip*, roll or M*d.
rop*.
Soft-
Med.
IS"
16 ft.
High
Soft-
Med.
16*
4 ft.
U. S. A.
Light straw
Plain to heavy cross-Bra. Has a vel- Med.
vety appearance. A lew crotches.
Milky whit* to craam
Swiil or leather.
Crotch
"BUBINGA
Copaifera, aU.
Africa
"BUTTERNUT
Juglam cinaraa
U.S. A.
•CEDAR. Aro- Juniparua rirginUna U. S. A.
matic Rad
•CHERRY
(black)
"EBONY,
MlOMU
ELM. Carp
(Bull)
Pala straw to yallow
Whit* to light raddiah
Batula lutea and North
Amarica
brown
Batula lenla
Africa
Primus Mrotina
Dyospyro* tp.
Ulmus campvstris
U. S. A.
Low-
Med.
Usually ribbon strip*.
Wavy or -curly grained. Flat cut, Low-
generally figured; rotary, plain. Mad.
A lew burls.
Low-
Pinkiah to light red- Well figured. Roey, or curly.
Med.
dlih blown
Plain to wall figured. Straight stripe,
broken strip*, mottle. Also shell Mad.
Pale to d**p Bash rad,
cut. Figure stands out better
with thin dark Unas
when finished.
V*ry pal* gray-brown
Usually plain. Appearance is similar
to that oi American walnut, except Med.
tor color.
Haart: r*d to pink Knotty.
Sap: craam
Low
Light to dark raddiah Slight figure. Burl. A few crotches
Low-
Mad.
Dutch
Ea lndiai
Rich, black-brown with Contrasting stripes due to pigmen
medium tan, orange
coloring.
or yellow markings
Europ*
Ughl reddish brown
Varies Irom small compact fiqure to High
wild, grainy figure.
Ambai to golden
SmaU, feather crotch figure.
Golden to pinkish tan
Plain, wavy, cully, or rope figure
Crotch.
FAUX SAT1NE
Taiodium diatichum U. S. A.
(Cypress Ci.)
•GABOON
(Okoume)
Acoumaa klainaan*
•GUM. RED
Liquidambai atyra- U S. A.
ciilua
Africa
High
High
Low-
Med.
"HAREWOOD.
Eng. Gray
Acar psaudoplalanui England
Eng. Whita
Heart: brown tinged Plain; medium to highly figured with
Low
with pink
chocolate markings.
Sap: grayish white
Eng. Giay: Silver gray,
turns to tannish gray Plain, curly, fiddleback, finger-roll, High
Eng. While: Cream lo
or heavy crossfire.
whit*
"HOLLY
White
KELOBRA
"KOA
LACEWOOD
Uax opaca
U. S. A.
Low-
Med.
Plain.
Enlarolobium cyclo- Mexico &
Amarica
shaded with reddish Plain striped, large pores. Crotch
tan
Acacia koa
Hawaii
bro'wn. shaded
Cardwallia sublimis
Queens
Und.Aus
Plain, curly, Uddleback.
stumpwood.
MADRONE
(Bull)
MAHOGANY
•Air, o n
Pink lo light, leather SmaU to large "flak*."
brown
Arbutus meniietii
Faui Swirl.
Crotches *
Swirls
Soft
Khaya i»orensis
m.crc
Swielenla mahagoni
All mahoganio*
Africa
Plain stripe, narrow or broad broken
stnpe. large and small mottle, fid
dleback, blister and plum-pudding
rope, and combinations of the**
hgur«.
Yellowish white when
iirst cut. Darkens lo Same figures as available in African
Mahogany
Frequently two or
liqht golden brown
more types of liguras ax* combined
rich, brown-red.
Light lo dark reddish Swirl .Sect
MOOB end t*atba>r crotch. Plain an<
figured swirl
9"
16 ft.
16 ft.
10 ft.
Qld.
16"
16 ft.
Hard
Otd.
18"
16 11.
Sort
rut
H. R.
14"
18'
12 it.
8 ft.
Med.
FUt
10"
10 H.
Med.
FUt
H. R.
Rot.
Qtd.
20"
24"
36"
10"
16
10
10
16
Qtd.
9*
Hard
ft.
It.
It.
ft.
10 It.
Med.-
Hard
24'
4 it.
Soft
12'
6 It.
Otd.
Soft-
Med. Crotch
M
* d
Med..
Hard
Rot.
Old.
Flat
H. R.
Med. > Flat
Soft.
Med
Qtd.
Low
Med
Tig.
Mad.
Pterocarpus indicus
"NEW GUINEA Draconlomelum
mangiierum
WOOD
Soft-
Med.
IS ft.
flh.
12"
20-
36"
16 11.
16 11.
10 il.
10-
20"
22"
12 ft.
12 ft.
10 ft.
12"
10 ft.
18"
12 ft.
16' , 14 ft.
27" j 14 ft
IB-
16 ft.
Qtd.
ID-
16 ft.
iff
S'
16*
12 tL
12 ft.
3tr
48 '
24*
16 ft.
16 ft.
10 ft.
as-
R.R.
Soft-
Mad.
18'
22-
zr
xr
is*
Ugh! brown lo reddish figur* formtd by prominent m*dul
Drown
lary rays. Coarse grain.
"PASOUK. Ab.
But ma
Vesmilion
"PALDAO
•POPLAR
"PRIMA VERA
Low
"Rift sawn", pin stripe. Sake (Native Low-
Oak also available in Burls).
Med.
36"
9'
24*
10 fl.
16 ft.
16 ft.
30"
10 ft.
30"
30-
10*
14 H.
Qtd.
10"
16 11.
Med.
Hard FUt
24"
16 ft.
M.d..
H u d Qtd.
12-
16 fl.
EngUnd
Nul brown to deep Plain or streaked, with a fUke Iigure
brown
Burls (incl. Tortois. Shell).
High
Mod.- Otd.
Hard Flat
12"
20"
16 H.
16 ft.
Eucalyptus sp.
Australia
Tan
fiddleback.
Med.
Med.- Qtd.
Hard Flat
10"
20"
16 ft.
10 It.
Qtd.
16"
16 H.
14'
•20"
16 h.
16 ft.
Brown, wilh Uvand*r
gray or greenish Stripe, strong strip*, mottle, fiddle- Low-
back, roll.
Med.
gray to salmon cast
Africa
Wide parallel stripe, narrow broken
" »macrocarpos
Burma Golden rad to deep
stripe, mottl*. fingar-roll, fiddle Med,.
crimson
High
• dalborgioid** Andaman*
back. curl.
Variable. Tan back-
Draconlomelum dao Philippine.
ground wilh brown Strip* and mottl*. Ffaur* caused by Med.
concentric bands. A few crotches
lo black streaks
Iiriodendron tnllpi- U.S. A.
i*ra
Smithil
Whit* lo yellow
Can.Amor Cream
4 Mei.
No definite iigure. A little curly
some blister; some burls.
12"
24'
16 fl.
10 h.
12"
27"
16 ft.
16 h.
12 ft.
12 ft.
12'
20"
True Burl.
Soft
36'
4 ft.
H. R.
Flat
Rot.
24'
18'
28"
10 ft.
14 ft.
10 ft.
••ROSEWOOD
E. 1.
Oalbergia Utilolio
India,
Ceylon
"8APEU
Enlandrophragma Africa
crylindricum
• S Y C A M O R E Platanua occidantalis U. S. A.
(Native)
Burma,
Tectona grandis
India
Old.
H. R.
Qld.
Flat
Wide range of figures caueed by
So. Amar. Red lo brown, streaked
pigment coloring. Includes "bar' High
with black lines
figure. Very lew crotches.
•TEAK
Hard
Soft-
Med.
DalbeigU nigra
High
Hard
Variable — purple to Pin and ribbon stripe. A lew feather Med.-
straw, stripxd
crotches.
High Hard
Mad. to dark brown
Pronounced straight, broken, or rib- Low-
bon stripe. Occasionally a alight Med.
cross figure.
Cream, to rich golden Nearly ell more or less figured
S i n e . , cross-fire, roey. wavy, High
yellow
mottled.
Tan lo pinkish brown
Prominent fl.ke figure. Ribbon strip*. Low
Golden brown, darken- Plain, rippl*, mottle.
ing with age
nicely figured.
Som*tim«s
Med.
Qtd.
12"
16 fl
Wed.-
Old.
Hard
24"
16 «.
Old.
rut
10"
20"
24"
16 ft.
16 fl.
10 ft.
H. R.
Qtd.
Hard
14'
14 ft.
M.d.- Old.
Hard Flat
16"
24'
16 ft.
16 ft.
Soil
Deep reddish brown
Figure consists of small, distinctly*
High
"eyas."
M*d.
"TIGER WOOD Loroa klaineana
Africa
Golden brown
Ribbon strip*. Blister. "Snail" fig- Low
ure. Crotch.
Soft-
Mad.
WALNUTA™..
•PUin
Longwood
U. S. A.
Soft gray-brown, some- Plain stripe, pencil strip*. Typica!
times shaded with
"Dal cut" or rotary ligura, without Low
darker brown
cross-fir*.
Tetraclinis articulata Algeria
Juglans nigra
Med.
"Figured
Longwood
Mottle, Uddleback, figured striped
rop* figur*.
Med.
"Stuiapwoo* 1
Plain and figured.
Med-
High Med.
"Crotch..
A Swiils
Swirl or ioathw crotch; plain or fig- Med
ured swirls.
High
Burls
Burl.
lugUns caliloralca
rut
Soil
Low
Sequoia eemperTirens California
swielenia Ceylon,
"SATINWOOD ChWoiTlon
West
ZanuioEylum Oarum
India*
Qtd.
Hard
Broken strip*, mottl*, fin* leather
Mod
grain. Crolch and Swirl.
•ROSEWOOD
Brazilian
Reddish brown
Hard
Old.
Flat
"REDWOOD
Boil
THUYA (Biul)
WiaUi |L™^»
Quarco. leseiliflora
" O R I E N T A L - Endiandra palmer- Australia
. WOOD
stoni
WALNUT,
Claro
California
Light to rich brown, Characteristic wide bUck banding
etraeJud
Plain, mottle, w.yy Crotches.
High
M.d.
24'
24'
Qld.
16'
16 ft.
Qtd
rial
Rot.
10-
20"
32"
16 It.
16(1.
10 It.
Flat
20-
10-
24'
32"
16 ft.
16 h.
10 h.
10 H.
28'
42*
is-
36'
r*.
Rot.
M.d.
24'
24"
High
Med
Qld.
Flat
14'
18"
10 it
10 fl.
M«d.
Qtd.
FUt
24"
16 ft
16 ft.
"WALNUT. Fr..
En«. *
lugtaaa r*gi*
CUcae.
Europ*
Kill brown
brown
streaked and swirly effect*.
lo dark Various
Stumpwood.
A lew crotch*. High
S o u burl*.
Med.
Flat
H. R.
20-
20"
10 It.
10 fl.
Fial
H R
Otd.
24"
24"
10"
12 fl
10 ft
12 k.
"ZEBRA WOOD Brachrstojia wpp.
Africa
Crvaaty y*Uow. with
piiiiessildajk brown Narrow strip**, from V4' lo ' / / apart. Mad
Sam* shell cut.
m black strip**
Med.
Old.
I2»
16 ft.
Plain
Mad.
"•1,".- Mod
M*d. Hard
"OAK." Tas.
(Yuba)
Hot.
Qld.
Rat
yellow to salmon, Stripe, broken atrip*, roey, mottle, Med.. M*d.- Qld.
Philippines Pal*
to d**p red
High Hard
•Ic.
•OAK. N a t i v e Red: OiMrcus horetalis U. S. A.
Whit*: Qu.rcus alba
PUin
•OAK.
Eng. Brown
Hard
Papau, New Brown lo light gray Plain lo highly ligur*d. Plain stripe, Med.-
Britain.
with deiinitive black
figured stripad, moltUd.
High Med.
Ooaania
lines
16 ft.
Mad.
Low.
Med.
Plain
Low
16'
18"
ffl"
36"
Rot.
iw. a*-
85. jo*
Plain
sherry when Iirst Predominantly plain strip*. Oc
Can.& So Light
casionally same figures as available
cut. Darkens with
Fig.
in African Mahogany.
ag*.
Med.
W Indies
Qtd.
Med.-
Hard
Med.-
Dark brown, with dark- Plain, rippl*. strip*.
Hud
High
er streaks
Clean burls and swirls, someumes Med.. Haid
California Light reddish brown
High
spotted with deep red.
&Or*gon
Pala salmon when iirst
c"ut. Darkens with
age.
Qtd.
NARRA
curly, bird'i-eys, blister,
to light pinkish Plain,
bddlaback. Burls.
No. Asser. White
Med.
bxown
Quilted (Acer macrophyllum).
Ota.
Terminslia tomenloea India
•Can. * South Swielenia
America
phylla
•Cuban 4i
Santo Don.
Low.
M«d.
Some Med
•LAUAN (Rad Shorea negrosensis Philippines Whitish to dark red. Plain, ribbon strip*.
and Whita)
Pantacma contorts
"LAUHEL. E. I
t«)
"MYRTLE
CWn
Hard
Approximate Max.
Veneei Siaea
Cat
18'
36"
Populut alba
Guerea cadrata
Har*-
Rang*
(2) .
Whit* to light brown
ASPEN
•-BOSSE
Trr** of Fivuree AvaUabl*
Acer saccharum
Whit* to light brown
•BIRCH
Celer Ran**
•MAPLE
'Tor..
Triplochilon scler- Africa
Price
Origin
12 ft.
12 ft.
10 ft.
Fiexinus siaboldiana
AYOUS
Botanical N a e u
(J)
Otd.
Flat
Rot.
Curly, fiddle, mottle, and "peanut."
Moat veneers cut in U. S. a n High
highly figured.
Turreeanthus Afri- Africa
Coassaenrlal
Neaa*
Qld. usually bddleback ii figured.
Growth rings are pronounced in Med.-
all types o( veneer. A lew crotches. High Med.
Some burls.
Generally straight grained and plain. High
Occasionally wa»y or roey.
ASH, lap.
(Tamo)
"AVODIRE
Longwood
Appsoxdaut* Max.
V*n*er S i u e
(4)
Cat ["«•* Leeltli
12 ft
12 ft.
" G u i , M I Furpla
U. S. A.
Hart
aess
(3)
Qld. j 9"
Flal I 1 8 '
Fraxinus nigra
Fraiinua Americana
Type* oi Figaroe Aral!**!*
possible, recognirvd test figures have been used as a> basis for classifications. Tests Were not available for all
species, however, and in s^ch casos, it was necessary to resort to good judgment.
(4) VENEER SIZES: To be used with caution. Tccra are approximate maximum sizes commercially available,
but not necessarily always obtainable. The column entitled "Cut" indicates whether the size refers to quartered
sliced ("Qtd."), flat cut ("Flat"), half round ("H. R.") or full rotary longwood veneers ("Rot.").
Maximum length, when 16 ft., is lor knile-cut veneers. Sawn veneers may run longer. Standard thickness
of American knife-cut face veneers is 1/28".
'Indicates the species may be had in LUMBER.
"Indicates: (a) Small quantities ol LUMBER are available, or, (b) Th. species may be had in SOLID FORM,
for novelties, etc.
High
Med.
M*d
Hard
30*
6fL
High
Med
Hard
24"
10 H,