Cello Top - Douglas Fir
Douglas Fir, most well known for its excellent workability and tone quality, is an amazingly strong, light and flexible wood and has exceptional stiffness-to-weight ratio. It also has beautiful uniform colour, usually red in appearance. Tight, even and straight grain.
Approximate measurements:
235mm wide
40mm thick at spine
837mm long.
Sold as a book-matched set. Currently only one top in stock from log #296, harvested in 2014. Stored undercover since harvested.
Engelmann Spruce Tonewood Grades
Grading of tone wood is very subjective to the eye and experience of the grader. The grade description below attempts to capture the major characteristics involved in assessing the soundboards and will be used as a guide.
Split: Premium grade, hand split, and straight grain.
Sawn #1:Medium to fine grain width with light colour and sawn vertical grain.
Sawn #2: May have small work around knots or minor run out. Often has more colour variation and wider grain.
