I'm not sure an extra-heavy flute is entirely optimal.This wood is extremely hard, durable and very dark, and is one of the heaviest exotic wood known to man...
Alternative to Cocus
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Well, I've got one (Solomon blackwood flute), and doubt you'd find it perceptibly heavier to pick up or hold than an African blackwood one.
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I'm also reminded of the existence of 'brown delrin', as used in these penknife handles:Gleo wrote:...
I am interested in an alternative to Cocus wood that has the same chocolate color that would be suitable for flute making. I have looked at East Indian Rosewood which is beautiful and also a "sensitizer" which rules it out for me to consider. I am open to suggestions? Thanks in advance.
http://www.knifecenter.com/item/CA083/C ... ife-2-58bl
"...Features Jigged Brown Delrin® handles..."
Looks quite the chocolate coloured wood! Perhaps I should order some for my own flutes. I wonder if it can be finished as well as the black delrin, by the standard techniques used in flutemaking.
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Re: Alternative to Cocus
It's about the same density as African blackwood. Somewhat heavier than boxwood.s1m0n wrote:I'm not sure an extra-heavy flute is entirely optimal.This wood is extremely hard, durable and very dark, and is one of the heaviest exotic wood known to man...
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