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Tonewood Price List from 20 Yrs ago

AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
edited February 2018 in Acoustics
I've done instrument repairs for quite some time, fiddles and guitars mainly and found this list of materials from 1997.
I think the supplier was 'Ian Highwood' or Harwood ??.
Note the price of Brazilian R/W




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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30023
    Bet you wish you'd bought a ton of it back then.
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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    yeah Sassy, not half though I did get struck by TAS when I did the instrument making course - '08 - '10 and acquired a nice little stash of exotica timber.
    Some of the prices on that list have gone through the roof but surprisingly others have barely doubled e.g Indian R/W though we now have a Cites restriction with r/woods.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30023
    I should imagine the ebony is one that's gone up astronomically.
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  • BigLicks67BigLicks67 Frets: 763
    Triple AAA cedar sound boards for £8.80, never thought it would be that cheap.
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  • AliGorieAliGorie Frets: 308
    Sassafras said:
    I should imagine the ebony is one that's gone up astronomically.
    oddly African Ebony f/boards can be got for £22 so just over double what it was.
    Cocobolo b&s is now £220 for the same quality.
    BigLicks67 said:
    Triple AAA cedar sound boards for £8.80, never thought it would be that cheap.

    yup, that was why the classical makers started using it followed by 'British'  makers like Fylde and Lowden, Euro spruce was 4-5 times more expensive.
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