Botanic Name: Dalbergia Latifolia
Origin: East India
Other names: Palisander, Palosanto de India
Density: 650-850 kg/m3 40-53 lbs/ft3
Uses: Backs and sides, bridges, headplates, fingerboards
Bookedmatched.
Quartered Sawn.
Acoustic Size.
Backs: mm4x210-230x560
Sides: mm3,5x120-130x800-820
Indian rosewood is a substitute for Brazilian rosewood. It is a lot lighter, not so dense, but more stable. The colours range from red to light brown with golden streaks, but often the colours are various shades of purple, which eventually oxidise to a brown colour.
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