uncle duke Posted January 14, 2016 Report Posted January 14, 2016 Pegs may be Brazilian walnut. I snagged a piece of that once from a jobsite, worse health mistake I ever made. The jagged grain is what I was looking at. Not sure of the neck wood.
MarkBouquet Posted January 14, 2016 Report Posted January 14, 2016 When I took a summer course at College of The Redwoods years ago, the students were provided with a wood they called "ironbark" to make the soles of our Krenov style planes. The violin pegs in your photograph remind me of that wood. Just a guess though.
~ Ben Conover Posted January 14, 2016 Report Posted January 14, 2016 Good game !Pernambuco for the left one, colour looks right and the flecks are tight. Pegs may be extant wood. ? lol
~ Ben Conover Posted January 14, 2016 Report Posted January 14, 2016 Re- pegs. It could also be Cocobolo.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CocoboloI want a mini lathe !vroom vroooooom.
MANFIO Posted January 14, 2016 Report Posted January 14, 2016 The grain in the second one looks like Brazilian "aroeira". But there are many woods with this type of grain.
Evan Smith Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Is that static electricity at play,, or is it Martian Fuzz Bean?
Violadamore Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 The red-orange open-grained one looks to me like one or another of the padauks. What does it smell like?
MeyerFittings Posted January 15, 2016 Author Report Posted January 15, 2016 I'll smell some tomorrow.
Evan Smith Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Looks like the grains' going the wrong way,, That huge jug of beer,, I remember a huge brown jug of beer,,
Addie Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 I think the pegs are Laburnum sp. it was used a lot for furniture and musical instruments. Poisonous as hell. Tree in the pea family. Image: Dundee Heritage.
Blank face Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 What about the viola? German, british? Looks like an interesting baroque instrument with original stained fingerboard. The pegholes appear to be spiral bushed. Are the pegs original to the instrument (they are a bit small for viola pegs)? I'm very curious to see more of it.
fiddlecollector Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 The second could be any one of a 100 or more types of ironwood etc.... Addie heres some Laburnum pegs i made years ago.
~ Ben Conover Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Laburnum sounds good. Oyster Laburnum was used for very fancy decorative boxes etc.
nathan slobodkin Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 The finished pegs look like something called "monkey pod " wood. I seem to remember some sort of rhythm instruments made of this stuff but don't know much more about it. Maybe from the Pacific Islands?
~ Ben Conover Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 lol, you couldn't make that up, Nathan.
fiddlecollector Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 What about the viola? German, british? Looks like an interesting baroque instrument with original stained fingerboard. The pegholes appear to be spiral bushed. Are the pegs original to the instrument (they are a bit small for viola pegs)? I'm very curious to see more of it. Its an Andrea Guarneri isnt it!
Addie Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Its an Andrea Guarneri isnt it! What, just because the file name is guarviolapegs? Too easy.
~ Ben Conover Posted January 15, 2016 Report Posted January 15, 2016 Not many saw it though, Eric gave the game away...drat.
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now