Christmas in January: old stock African blackwood tonewood!

Sometimes purchases can take a whole year ... that's about how long it took until we were finally able to buy this rare batch of really old grenadilla or African blackwood scantlings for woodwind instruments.
For some years now, this wood has been very difficult to obtain and has long delivery times, and it needs to dry carefully for at least 5 - 10 years before it can be further processed into components for clarinets, oboes, flutes or bassoons.
This wood has been on the Cites list since 2017 and since then may only be traded with certificates of origin that serve to protect this valuable wood. As this wood only grows endemically in northern Mozambique and southern Tanzania, there are no alternative areas with these trees. In addition, violent clashes between the army and armed fighters have been taking place in this region for years, making legal exports even more problematic. Export ports were temporarily occupied by jihadists, all of which makes the procurement of good tonewood scantlings from Mozambique almost impossible, and instrument makers are forced to use substitute woods, which many musicians and instrument makers do not consider to be of equal quality.
After a long period of preparation and negotiations, we have now been able to purchase this small batch of old tonewood scantlings, CITES permits have been issued for them and our customers can now buy grenadilla that was imported around 8 years ago and has been stored in warehouse conditions ever since.
There are scantlings for piccolo flutes, clarinets, oboes and bassoons, many barrels, bells, upper and lower joints, tops and bottoms are amongst and there are certainly also formats for uilleann pipes and other bagpipes. You will find these offers in our Grenadilla or African blackwood category!