Woods Available
The list below includes the woods used by Woodsongs. Some are Primary Woods [used as the structure and/or frame of a piece; the predominant wood]. Some are Accent Woods [used in small amounts to add natural color or contrast]
The following are the most common woods used as Primary Woods (some of them require an additional cost): Cherry, Jatoba, Pau Ferro, Maple, White Oak, Red Oak and Mahogany.
Accent Woods can also as Pirmary Primary Woods in a project but at an additional cost.
All other woods listed below are generally Accent Woods.
- Bloodwood or Satine- Brosium Paraenese [Brazil] hard and heavy, rich strawberry red.
- Bocote-Cordia Gerascanthus [Central America] hard, brown with black streaks.
- Bubinga- Guibourix Tessmannii [West Africa] fairly hard, streaky pink and red.
- Canary wood- Centrolobium Paraense [Brazil, Peru] medium hard, rich yellow, tan, sometimes deep red streaks.
- Cherry- Prunus Serotina [U.S.] medium hard, reddish brown, golden luster. Comment: most popular wood in this market.
- Cocobolo (Rosewood) - Dalbergia Hypoleuca [Mexico, Central America] hard, heavy, variegated, dark reddish streaks.
- Ebony- Diospykos Spp [Gaboon, Africa] hard and heavy, jet black,. Comment: most expensive of all woods here.
- Goncalvo Alvez or Tigerwood- Astronium Fraxinifolium [Brazil] hard, heavy, golden brown sometimes with dark brown and rusty streaks.
- Jatoba or Brazilian Cherry-Hymenaea [South America] hard, reddish, brown
- Lacewood or Silky Oak- Cardwellia Sublimis [Australia] Moderately hard, light brown with lighter lacelike pattern caused by medulary rays.
- Lacewood or leopard wood- [South America] fairly hard and heavy, dark brown, with medium brown, lacelike pattern caused by medulary ray.
- Marado or Pauferro- Machaerium Spp [Bolivia] very hard, heavy (means iron wood) dark brown with black and violet streaks, falsely known as Bolivian Rosewood. Comment: sometimes dazzlingly beautiful.
- Mahogany- Khaya Ivorensis [Africa] medium hard, light pink to reddish brown. Subtle grain.
- Makore- Mimsopis heckelii [Africa] fairly hard, heavy, deep dusty mauve in color with wavy grain.
- Maple (or hard rock, sugar)- Acer Saccharun [North Africa] fairly hard and heavy. Cream to light brown, another subtle grain. Comment: maple has more variations in grain or figure (like birds eye or curly), than any other I know.
- Movinga [Camaroon, Africa] wavey, satin yellow
- Red Oak- Quercus Rubra [North America] fairly hard and heavy, light golden brown.
- White Oak – Quercus Alba [North America] fairly hard, beige with a green tint, with an occasional flame. Qtr. sawn.
- Purple Heart- Peltogyne Spp [Mexico to South America] hard, dusty purple color.
- Sapele- Entrandrophragna Cylindricum [African Ivory Coast] medium hard, dark reddish brown, akin to mahogany.
- Satinwood – Eutylophora Paraenese [Brazil] medium hard, bright yellow.
- Teak- Tectona Grandas [Burma, India, Thailand] medium hard, brown with greenish yellow tint and dark streaks
- Wenge- Millettia Laurentil [Africa] hard, heavy, dark streaky brown. Comment: very prone to splintering until finished.