04-05-2022, 08:28 PM
The latest issue of Smithsonian Magazine has a fascinating article about a very particular Mahogany tree that is simply referred to as "The Tree". The article focuses on it being used for guitars but it mentions that some ultra-rich folks used it for furniture or in their homes. It's a really interesting article but here's the jist of it.
In the mid-60s some poachers found and cut down an exceedingly rare old-growth tree but it fell into a ravine and couldn't be recovered. There it sat for 18 years while the story of this tree spread and a team finally was able to remove it. They cut it up enough to get out with tractors and then sent them down a river to an old mill. It is said that every aspect of the wood is beyond amazing. Guitars made from it were sold for $30,000, and there is no consensus that it actually sounds better. In the mid-80s the lumber was selling for $29/bf.
It's quite a story!
In the mid-60s some poachers found and cut down an exceedingly rare old-growth tree but it fell into a ravine and couldn't be recovered. There it sat for 18 years while the story of this tree spread and a team finally was able to remove it. They cut it up enough to get out with tractors and then sent them down a river to an old mill. It is said that every aspect of the wood is beyond amazing. Guitars made from it were sold for $30,000, and there is no consensus that it actually sounds better. In the mid-80s the lumber was selling for $29/bf.
It's quite a story!
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