Curly  Ash 

Botanical Name: Fraxinus Americana

Family: Oleaceae

The bending qualities that the other trades admire in ash make this wood wonderful for instrument sets. Ash is harder and stiffer than mahogany, sort of an open-grain maple. The pore structure is similar to oak; the pores are numerous and deep. It's about the color of cream when freshly cut, aging rapidly to light tan. Specific  Gravity: .66

 

 

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