Grenadilla Wood

The largest woodwind manufacturing companies keep up with the huge demand for this wood in the music world we usually call it grenadilla by using it before its fully seasoned pressure-treating it with oil to compensate.

Grenadilla wood. The grenadilla tree is chiefly to be found in Central and Eastern Africa especially in Tanzania and Mozambique. This wood is both lively and powerful and produces a beautiful full. All pads are partially shimmed a process that is employed only for professional flutes.

Ask clarinetists why Grenadilla wood was chosen for clarinet making and ninty-nine out of a hundred perhaps more would say Because of the sound They would in point of fact be wrong. Musicians know the wood as grenadilla the material of choice for bagpipes oboes and clarinets. Because of the hardness and density of Grenadilla It is best turned and worked with metal cutting tools instead of the more conventional wood usually associated with wood turning.

THE GRENADILLA MYTH. It is a tree of the dry forests and the savannah and grows to a height of about 5-8 m whereby the trunk diameter of adult trees is up to around 50 cm and is free of branches. We have locations in Plymouth MI Wyncote PA and Phoenix AZ.

We age our Grenadilla stock between 5-7 years before turning it into a flute body or headjoint. This Oboe has an excellent scale and response dark tone and exquisite voicing outstanding german craftsmanship. Grenadilla wood Body Ring Key Systemdouble- BbResonance Key left Hand F The Oboe is in excellent condition without any cracks repairs nor any other damages.

The companies are divided into suppliers for Grenadilla Beams Grenadilla Logs Grenadilla Plywoods Grenadilla Poles Grenadilla Sheets and more. By Tom Ridenour. The sound was not why Grenadilla was chosenand it was not clarinetists but clarinet makers who made the choice.

The grenadilla wood binomial name. Ebony 0241 on Wednesday June 15 2005 Arak Posted by. Is there anything wrong with ebony.