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mikebee
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:32 am    Post subject: Viola backs Reply with quote
Is alder a suitable wood for making a one-piece back for a viola?
Does anyone have experience of this?

Does it have any particular quality tonally?
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Michael Darnton
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I haven't ever seen an instrument with alder in it. It doesn't seem like a horrible idea--a lot of other woods with wildly-varying characteristics have been used for backs and sides, and worked--maple, walnut, poplar, willow, beech, pear, cherry.

But isn't alder really rough to work? Or am I thinking of something else?
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