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Rosewood

Rosewood refers to a number of richly hued timbers, brownish with darker veining. All rosewoods are strong and heavy, taking an excellent polish, being suitable for flooring, furniture, turnery, musical instruments, and wooden chess sets (black pieces). In general, supplies are poor through overexploitation. It is also known as Rio rosewood or Bahia rosewood. This wood has a strong sweet smell, which persists over the years, explaining the name "rosewood". Another classic rosewood is Dalbergia latifolia known as (East) Indian rosewood or sonokeling. Other rosewoods can be found in tropical America, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. About a dozen species of the large genus Dalbergia, are recognized as rosewoods.

Rosewood Furniture Shopping Tips

Color
Look at the pieces closely is the graining clear, or does the furniture look painted or processed with a very heavy stain?

Carving
Is the carving clean or is it rough inside the detail?

Density
Quality rosewood is a very dense wood due to the slow growing nature; a good piece of rosewood should have a solid, feel and a substantial weight.

Construction
Look under chairs, open drawers is the piece all rosewood? Are the drawers finished completely, and is there a factory marking?

Rosewood Essential Oil
Steam-distilled from the wood chips of the tree, rosewood oil is not widely used for therapeutic purposes, and little research into its medicinal value has been done. Its scent makes it popular as a fragrance and deodorant, and it is a favorite ingredient in many body and skin care products. Rosewood essential oil is from Aniba rosaeodora, a tree from the Amazonian rainforest.

Rosewood Musical Instruments
Because of its density and strong resonance, Honduras rosewood, Dalbergia stevensonii is a favourite choice for makers of marimba and xylophone keys, although many such instruments are not made of this wood for reasons of cost or durability in outdoor playing environments. Brazilian rosewood is a popular wood for guitar fingerboards, and acoustic guitar backs and sides. However, due to its protected status and spiraling prices, Indian and Madagascar rosewood are being used extensively in its place. Rosewood is also used in limited quantities for clarinets; the various qualities of rosewood give the tone of a clarinet made of it a richer, darker sound than is generally obtained from traditional clarinets made of mpingo wood. Also, rosewood is occasionally used to make oboes, especially in chamber orchestras where less projection is needed (grenadilla has much more projection). Instruments from the violin family sometimes use rosewood for their tuning pegs, fingerboards, tailpieces, and chinrests.

Rosewood Martial Arts Weapons
Because of its density and durability, rosewood is often used in Chinese martial arts weaponry, particularly as the shaft of spears and in Gun staves.