Hi-- someone contacted me about an olivewood whistle a while back. I told him/her that I did not have a source of suitable wood, but I just found one. Also Mopane, Cocobolo, and Pink Ivory ( a pink wood, not actually Ivory).
Actually, it was mentioned in the previous thread reviewing your whistles.
– Scott
I think it was Walden.
Yes, I mentioned olive wood in the previous thread concerning his whistles. Looking at his whistles, I thought they’d look great in olive wood…but the pink ivory would look good too…maybe even better.
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[ This Message was edited by: Walden on 2002-10-01 12:07 ]
Man, pink ivory is a gorgeous looking wood and makes great sounding instruments!
Paul, is it much more expensive than african blackwood?
Skip Healy made himself a 10 hole fife from pink ivory that is just an awesome instrument. If anyone here hits the lottery and is wondering what to get me for Christmas, the Healy 10 hole deluxe (with the embouchure cutaway) in pink ivory would be very nice.
Pink ivory is VERY expensive but I don’t know how much african blackwood is so I can’t compare.
I was fortunate enough to get a few pink ivory scraps from a woodworking friend for use in my pen making. But the stuff is very difficult to work with and I haven’t gotten a round tuit yet.
If I’m not mistaken, pink ivory changes color over time. Is there a wood treatment to prevent this, Paul?
Here is a picture of Pink Ivory being turned to make a set of Pipes. From http://www.bagpipeworks.com.
Beth, I’m in the furniture end of the woodworking business and woods tend to darken with age, especially when exposed to sunlight. Most of the high quality finishing materials use VU (ultravoilet) inhibitors but that does little for woods like Cherry that can change 10 shades from just one day in direct sunlight. If you have a piece of wood to experiment with… lay a coin on a board and place it in the sun for 4+ hours, take a look at it the following day and you’ll see a mark where the coin was.
I’m going to ask Skip the questions about darkening and get back to you guys. He’s been playing that pink ivory fife for a couple of years and it still looks mighty pink to me. It will probably take a couple of days for an answer because Skip is giving a seminar this weekend (I can’t go because of work, damn it).
Paul I think the real question would be:
Who WOULD’NT want one of your whistles in Olivewood?
Keep up the good work 
Doc
Thanks Doc-- actually I was thinking of making one of those for myself! All I have right now is one of my earlier prototypes in Tulipwood. Plays just fine, but does not look exactly like my current whistles.