On 11/21/2013 7:30 AM, Bill wrote:

No doubt due to supply and demand,

Nope ... it is experienced based, by hundreds of years of using
different woods for wooden instruments and figuring out which woods
stand the test of time, and the science behind why they do so.

Supply and demand does not change the properties of the wood used.

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