Re: [Harp-L] Dating harmonica woods

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Jun 12, 2009, at 11:12 PM, David Payne wrote:
> American Chestnut because it is about the most decay-resistant wood  
> on earth.

Honey locust (from same general area as your chestnut and your  
babalones).
Iroko (Africa)
Lignum Vitae (C. America)

> We all have our fortes here and I know there are lurkers on this  
> board who
> are whiz kids with wood. If anybody can help me with this, please  
> lemme
> know. I can get a 6 inch square crosssection when I cut the next  
> piece.
>
> Dave
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