Mopane: Anyone have a reaction to it?

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:29 am

I'm touchy about some of the rosewoods and cocus. Haven't had trouble with blackwood.

Mopane seems very inert to me. I'd touch base with Casey Burns. If anyone would have heard anything he would have.

Doc

BillG · Post by **BillG** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:52 pm

I currently play Blackwood, Mopane and Box wood with no reactions at all. I did play a Rosewood fife some years ago that made my lips begin to "tingle" so I stopped playing it. I recall playing a flute recently that had been rubbed down, on the outside, with Tongue Oil and that caused a similar sensation. I solved that one with an alcohol rub followed by an application of Almond/Olive Oil (maybe 60::40)

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:04 pm

No problem with mopane here. Casey Burns is a chemically sensitive person with allergies and he built my mopane flute.

toughknot · Post by **toughknot** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:54 pm

BillG wrote:I currently play Blackwood, Mopane and Box wood with no reactions at all. I did play a Rosewood fife some years ago that made my lips begin to "tingle" so I stopped playing it. I recall playing a flute recently that had been rubbed down, on the outside, with Tongue Oil and that caused a similar sensation. I solved that one with an alcohol rub followed by an application of Almond/Olive Oil (maybe 60::40)

Yech...Whose tounge?

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:18 am

toughknot wrote:
BillG wrote:I currently play Blackwood, Mopane and Box wood with no reactions at all. I did play a Rosewood fife some years ago that made my lips begin to "tingle" so I stopped playing it. I recall playing a flute recently that had been rubbed down, on the outside, with Tongue Oil and that caused a similar sensation. I solved that one with an alcohol rub followed by an application of Almond/Olive Oil (maybe 60::40)
Yech...Whose tounge?

and how much oil can ya get outta one?

dow · Post by **dow** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:40 am

Denny wrote:and how much oil can ya get outta one?

Probably depends on the source. For instance, if it's a used car dealer or a member of the news media or a politician, then probably a lot. On th other hand, if it were a librarian, then it probably wouldn't be worth the effort. All that shushing, you know.

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:05 pm

Thanks again everyone.

While I have owned a Mopane flute in the past - a wonderful playing and sounding Casey Burns Bb - I didn't really have it long enough to tell if it might cause me allergy problems in the long haul. With good quality aged Euro Boxwood becoming more difficult to come by, and all rosewoods out of the question, I'm considering different woods as I look to ordering a keyed flute for completion in the future.

Loren

demon_piper · Post by **demon_piper** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:42 pm

Greetings all!

I owned a De Keyser Mopane flute. Awesome flute! I loved it, but I had an allergic reaction to it!

No problem with blackwood ever, I play highland pipes and have played a number of blackwood flutes.

Now looking at a Dekeyser blackwood on Ebay because I liked them so much!

Jon C. · Post by **Jon C.** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:17 am

demon_piper wrote:Greetings all!

I owned a De Keyser Mopane flute. Awesome flute! I loved it, but I had an allergic reaction to it!

No problem with blackwood ever, I play highland pipes and have played a number of blackwood flutes.

Now looking at a Dekeyser blackwood on Ebay because I liked them so much!

Hi,
Are you sure it was Mopane, and not Cocobolo? The reason I ask, they look similar to each other, but cocobolo can give a severe reaction. Also Cocobolo is a much more common wood, at least in these parts. Just a thought.

Casey Burns · Post by **Casey Burns** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:16 pm

I've only had one client who felt she was allergic to it. Same with boxwood. I've had a few more with blackwood. But in general, most aren't.

Cocobolo is another matter. I am allergic to that and to all of the red rosewoods. Makes me break out in a rash.

Casey

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:42 pm

This was posted by Mike Hulme over on the Uilleann Forum. Some of you may find it helpful.

I started to play around with ornamental turning recently, and found this link to a table of wood toxicity, which appears to include almost everything pipmakers would use!

http://ornamentalturning.net/craft/turn ... rials.html

The link is on the right of the page.

Tommy

BillG · Post by **BillG** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:06 pm

I did some research:

Tongue oil

Q: We think we want wide plank flooring w/o a polyurethane finish – a manufacturer has recommended sealing with tongue oil after staining. Is this acceptable?

A: An oil finish is ok. Nice look. But it takes a lot more care and maintenance to keep it looking good. Why not just apply several coats of polyurethane in a satin finish?

Any questions?

Ronbo · Post by **Ronbo** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:04 pm

Mopane is a little plain. I prefer something in tiger maple.

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