East Indian Rosewood
East Indian Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) is a tropical hardwood tree native to India and other parts of South Asia. Its wood is extremely dense and strong, making it highly prized for furniture and flooring. East Indian Rosewood lumber is typically a deep brown or purplish color, with dark streaks running through it. The grain is usually straight, but can be slightly wavy. East Indian Rosewood is very stable and resistant to warping, making it an ideal choice for high-quality furniture. It is also one of the most expensive types of wood, due to its rarity and usefulness. East Indian Rosewood lumber is not commonly available in North America, but can be found at specialty lumberyards like Centurty Mill Lumber.
East Indian Rosewood is wide-ranging and articulate, with superb all-around volume. It is visually stunning as well, with hues of chocolate brown commonly found alongside hints of gold, red and purple. The wood darkens with age, usually becoming a deep brown. Rosewood back and sides contrasts well with a light-coloured top or binding, making for a very beautiful instrument All of this adds up to a tone wood that is dependably workable and audibly remarkable.
The vast majority of the higher quality steel string and classical guitars made over the last fourty years have been made from Indian Rosewood. Many of the top acoustic guitar makers preferred it to Brazilian Rosewood for many reasons. It is a beautiful wood, that it is easily worked, and the sound produced by Indian Rosewood guitars is superlative.
One of the first great alternatives to Brazilian Rosewood, East Indian Rosewood is versatile, powerful, and one of the most popular tone woods of the past 40 years. Loved by flat pickers for its volume and booming low-end growl and by fingerpickers for its sparkling highs and distinct note separation—it can at times be precisely delicate and at others unashamedly booming. The sound quality of Indian Rosewood rates very highly. When it is used in the back and sides of an acoustic guitar it is known to give a clear bell like sound. This quality also influences the sound of an instrument when the wood is used for the fingerboard and bridge.
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East Indian Rosewood works equally well by hand or by machine and it bends quite comfortably. Although it’s slightly less dense than Brazilian Rosewood, it is generally more dimensionally stable and significantly less prone to cracking.
This species is listed on CITES appendix II under the genus-wide restriction on all Dalbergia species. It is also listed on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable due to a population reduction of over 20% in the past three generations, caused by a decline in its natural range, and exploitation. the wood and strings collection is responsibly sourced.
Backs 2 at 603mm long x 234mm wide x 3.8mm thick
Sides 2 at 850mm long x 143mm wide x 3.3mm thick
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Over a century ago, a rosewood seed sprouted in Karnataka, India, destined to become a part of your Coffee House guitar… but first it had a job to do. Shortly after the Titanic collided with a formidable iceberg and during the months preceding WWI when all of Europe was on edge, this little seedling took root and prepared to serve its first purpose: to provide protection and shelter. Throughout its life, this beautiful rosewood tree offered shade to the coffee plants that flourished near its roots. It matured more quickly than its wild relatives, thanks to the farming practices bestowed on the coffee plants such as fertilizer, compost, and plentiful water.
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The fertile and culturally rich Indian state of Karnataka produces over 50% of the nation’s coffee, and India’s shade-grown beans are legendary among coffee aficionados. In addition, shade-grown coffee plantations are far more sustainable than full-sun coffee plantations because no clear-cutting is required to make way for the crop. Shade-grown coffee plants exist in a natural ecosystem where the farmers work in harmony with the existing terrain and plant and animal life.
Prior to its incarnation in your Bedell guitar, the tree that provided your tonewood benefited from the care given to its soil mates and in return, provided cool shade for the crop, shelter and habitat for an array of insects and dozens of species of birds, and contributed plentiful leaf mulch and cuttings to return nutrients back to the soil. This tree was harvested with the permission of Indian forestry officials when it could no longer contribute the requisite amount of shade to benefit the coffee crops it was serving. In most cases, whenever a rosewood tree is legally harvested in India, another seedling is planted nearby to ensure continual renewal of Indian forest resources.
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Stringent governmental regulations dictate very specific guidelines for the harvest and sale of all Indian hardwoods. There is only one source for acquiring legal East Indian rosewood that grows in India: The auctions overseen by the government. All auctioned woods are subject to very strict regulation. It is illegal to cut any living East Indian rosewood tree in the wild. Rosewood trees may be harvested on private property, such as a coffee plantation, however a permit is required. The tree must be at least 175 centimeters in diameter (nearly six feet), and the landowners are not allowed to harvest the tree themselves. Once a permit is acquired (if it is granted), a licensed third party harvests the tree, assigns it a unique number and transports it to the nearest government depot for auction. All legally harvested Indian hardwoods must follow these procedures. There are checkpoints throughout the country and if a driver is found transporting Indian hardwood without the proper permits, the wood and the driver’s vehicle will be confiscated on the spot.
Heartwood of East Indian Rosewood can vary from a golden brown to a deep purplish brown, with darker brown streaks. The wood darkens with age, usually becoming a deep brown
Common Name
East Indian Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, sonokeling
Scientific Name
Dalbergia latifolia
Distribution
India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia
Janka Hardness
2,440 lbf
Wood has natural colour and texture variations having been sculpted by nature. This specifications sheet is only a visual
representation of the overall characteristics of the product. It is provided as a specification reference only and not for
contractual purposes.
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Dalbergia latifolia is a beautiful wood with violet purple hues and dark streaks. Selling under the names of East Indian Rosewood, Sonokeling, and Indian Rosewood. A true rosewood that is a good substitute for Brazilian rosewood in stringed instruments. Once plentiful, it is becoming less common and is usually exported in small sizes including fingerboards, guitar backs and sides, and chair parts. A relative bargain for the amount of effort and time it requires to import.
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