On Thursday, July 4, 2013 5:44:06 PM UTC-7, wrote:
Hello again! I managed to get in touch with the timber yard today, and they

said (this was over the phone, so they couldn't be precise) that it was either

Sapele or Meranti (AKA Shorea, AKA Lauan).



So there we go!



Thank you all for your input - gratefully recieved!

Cool. Because of the banding and the color I would venture to say it is Sapele, as I indicated before. It looses its redness as soon as you put any finish and goes brown so if you like that reddish color you should tone it with some dye before hitting it with shellac, lacquer, poly, etc. if you ever want to do a finished project.