Basswood

Botanic name: 1.Tilia vulgaris (Europe), 2. Tilia americana (USA), 3. Tilia japonica (Japan)

Family: Tiliaceae

Grows: 1. Europe, 2. Canada and East-North-America, 3. Eastern Asia

Volumeweight: 1 0,54 2. and 3. 0,42

Other names: lime

Usage: Basswood is used to make linings for guitars. It is also used in historic instrument as kernel for veneerd necks and topblock in lute bellys.

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