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Ebonite is rubber, from the rubber tree, reacted with sulphur. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebonite Anyway, you're the bone flute guy? I guess bone would work, but you'd need a pretty big bone: my recorder is 26" long and a little over 2" diameter at the widest. It breaks apart into 3 pi...

Hi. I'm trying to find a new recorder for myself, but after a lot of searching, talking to people that KNOW recorders and all that, I'm still very frustrated. First thing is, they're all made from either natural wood or ABS plastic. Natural wood is unstable (as you probably know). Some of the better...

Hi David, thanks for the wisdom.

What do you think of Ebonite (hard rubber) as a material? There is a company - Ridenour - making clarinets out of it and people have good things to say about them.

This is a follow up to my wood for a recorder thread. So it's been raining like crazy here in Oklahoma, making my wood (Maple? Pear?) recorder very temperamental. That is making me consider the virtues of synthetic materials. Anyone here know about making woodwinds out of resins, plastics, etc? Whic...

Does anyone here have experience with true myrtle (myrtus genus) wood?

If my memory serves me right, boxwoood has a raspy sound that is either loved or hated by recorder players. I happen not to like it myself.

There are a few videos of boxwood recorders being played on Youtube giving an idea of the sound.

Hi, after listening to several videos of native american flutes on youtube, Eucalyptus was what I was looking for! Thanks!

Hi, thanks.

Been thinking over what I really meant, and it's maple with more bass.

Does ipe qualify, or would it be another wood?

Thanks for your help!

Hi, I'm a recorder player, and I'm thinking about my next instrument. Particularly the wood.

Are there any woods that have a similar sound quality similar to maple, but are denser for a firmer sound?

Thanks.