[Harp-L] Re: Identifying woods...

[Rick Epping <rickepping@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marine Bands and Chromonica combs are both made of pear wood. The dark color, which can vary somewhat, is a product of a steaming process the wood undergoes to stabilise it before milling the combs. 

Best regards,
Rick
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>> Where do you live? Seriously though, trying not to get into meta..most fruit woods are light in color. Ergo: Marine Band = pear wood. And it TASTES like pear wood. Then we have the nut woods usually being dark. Since a Marine Band is light and chromatics are dark, I don't understand how they could be the same wood? As for taste, I have done a lot of wood working and the sawdust from each of those woods tastes like what I think they are. Teak, rosewood, gums, ash, oaks, maples, etc. all have their own unique tastes. I happen to like sasafrass. lolol  (Btw, metals also have their own tastes). 
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