I'm certainly interested...for some inlay ore small parts... But i don't know how to get it over here (Belgium) maybe it can be sended by some DHL? How big are the pieces that can be cut? How can we arrange something like this? Marc Reymen Pieter Génardstraat 29 2020 Antwerp Belgium ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Kacalanos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 7:56 PM Subject: [HG-new] Re: Manzanita wood
> > I remember seeing a lot of this growing, when I went > hiking out west. Maybe you just have to find some > westerner to send you a branch, rather than buying > some through usual wood-buying channels. Maybe a > landscaper is pruning a bush right now and could save > some wood for you if you asked. > > An acquaintance of mine made some instrument out of > some bush in his yard, maybe holly. > > Would anyone like some barberry branches? There's a > big barberry bush blocking the view out of one of our > windows. The wood is freakishly bright yellow. I think > they use it for dye. I don't know what other > properties it has. I don't know if the pieces would be > big enough for instruments, but they might make > interesting inlay or something. > > Melissa the Loud > www.melissatheloud.com > > --- Arle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Well, I don't know of any other domestics that will >> finish up to that >> blood red color and for various reasons I'm looking >> for domestics. If >> there are other domestics with that intense scarlet >> color (and the >> striking contrast with the cream-colored sapwood) >> I'd be interested in >> finding out about them. >> >> Manzanita isn't generally sold as wood except as >> burl (readily >> available) because the pieces you can net out of >> manzanita are too >> small for most woodworking purposes. It's the same >> reason you almost >> never see apple wood for sale, even though it's hard >> and has nice >> coloration: You just never net furniture-scale >> pieces. My bagpipe, >> however, is made from apple wood and I've found it >> to be right on par >> with, if not better than, woods more commonly used >> in this context. >> >> For wind instruments, however, the pieces you can >> net from manzanita >> would be large enough. >> >> Best, >> >> -Arle >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.8.0/1718 - Release Date: 10-10-2008 > 7:07 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy?hl=en?hl=en Although the method of distribution has changed, the rules of courtesy and appropriateness of postings remain the same as on the old list on Majordomo. These rules may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. Just ignore anything about Majordomo. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
