Precious wood
As precious wood is wood called that particularly stands out for a beautiful and expressive color, striking color contrasts, amazing grain and other abnormalities compared to normal aussehendem and widespread wood. Other peculiarities can be a high weight or a high density, special resistance to pest infestation, rare occurrence, high value or a high subjective appreciation.
Examples
Examples of precious woods are shown below. Other examples include amaranth , amboina Maser ( Flindersia amboinensis ), Birch Maser, Bruyere , boxwood , ebony , Elsbeere , Grenadill , Kingwood , Madrona -Maser, Maseranduba , myrtle -Maser, rosewood , lignum vitae , elm -Maser, walnut , Zebrano and many more.
Veneer sheet from a special padouk trunk
Vavona grain
Black walnut grain
Areas of application
Solid precious wood is often used as a material for works of art (e.g. sculptures), but also for jewelry and everyday objects that are supposed to create grace and appreciation (e.g. fine tobacco pipes ).
Precious wood is also often processed into veneer . This is used for veneering furnishings and fittings, for automobile interiors and for decorative elements ( inlays ) in pieces of furniture and is processed in a variety of ways.
For musical instruments , selected precious woods are used according to special criteria, whereby the tonal aspect is in the foreground. In the case of the piano and especially in organs, besides decorative veneer, it is mainly black ebony for high-quality keyboards. In organs in particular, precious wood elements are built into the prospectus area for decoration. High quality woodwind instruments are often made of grenadilla or rosewood, such as clarinet , oboe or bassoon .
A large number of automobile brands offer fine wood trim as an optional feature. Only a few companies worldwide are active in this highly specialized and very lucrative decorative parts market for the requirements of automobile manufacturers. The most important of them are based in Germany. Since the sustained demand for vehicle interiors with real wood trim parts cannot easily be met for reasons of cost, trim strips made of wood-look imitation are used for cheaper vehicle equipment.
literature
- Adolf Rudolf: The polishing of precious wood. The problem and practice of polishing, Callwey Verlag, 1943.
Web links
- Real value precious wood (accessed on June 19, 2020)
- Fast-growing precious wood cultivation in Germany - sustainably good for the environment and owners (accessed on June 19, 2020)
- Fight for the green gold (accessed June 19, 2020)
- The worm in noble wood (accessed June 19, 2020)