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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



amount is so used in the course of a 

 year in the whole United States. It 

 cannot be stated how much of the 

 forty-five million feet of maple re- 

 ported in the industry is converted 

 into actions, but the amount is large. 

 Where beauty is the chief considera- 

 tion, maple meets the call. The fig- 

 ured wood, commonly known as birds- 

 eye, is well known and in wide use. 

 This is not a separate species of 

 maple, for birdseye occurs in all the 

 species of that tree, of which there 

 are several. Most birdseye is cut from 

 the tree known as sugar maple, that 

 from which maple sugar is made. No 

 means exist for determining how much 

 of the maple going into this industry 

 is hard and how much soft, but it is 

 certain that hard maple is used in 



BLACK WALNUT DRUM 



Various woods are used by drum manufac- 

 turers for the shells and hoops, among them 

 being walnut, maple, mahogany, and rose- 

 wood. For a combination of lightness, 

 strength, and resonance, wood is unex- 

 celled. (.Photograph by Ltedy Manufacturing 

 Company, Indianapolis. Indiana.) 



more progress has been made in 

 giving that name to the tree in the 

 woods, and particularly in city 

 parks. An equally unsuccessful 

 attempt has been made to fix on 

 it the name "canarywood," in con- 

 sideration of its yellow color; but 

 that effort has come principally 



from lumber dealers in Europe. It 

 is a wood of general utility, like 

 maple, and that explains the exten- 

 sive use made of it. It is suit- 

 able for some part of nearly every 

 musical instrument made of wood. It 

 meets general demand and peculiar 

 uses. It is excellent for cabinet work 

 where closely-fitting joints are wanted. 

 It takes a smooth, fine finish, and 

 along that line it has few equals. 

 Highest grade panels may be made 

 of yellow poplar. The casual observer 

 might not recognize the panels as 

 being of this wood, but might suppose 

 them to be cherry, rosewood, or ebony. 

 It is successfully employed in imitat- 

 ing other woods. So smoothly may it 

 be polished, and so perfectly does it 

 take stains, that the finisher can put 

 a cherry, ebony, or any one of many 

 other finishes on it. Poplar has no 

 distinctive grain of its own, and it 

 is not necessary to cover up and con- 

 ceal anything of that kind when trying 

 to imitate some other wood. 



Chestnut fills a much larger place in 



much greater quantities than the soft. 

 Most hard maple is cut from the com- 

 mon sugar tree. 



Yellow poplar stands second on the 

 list, judged by the amount used in, the 

 industry. It is known as whitewood 

 in some of the northern states, and an 

 attempt has been made to fix on it 

 the name "tulipwood." The name is 

 nice enough, and from the point of 

 view of the botanist it is appropriate, 

 but the public has not taken kindly to 

 this name for the wood, though a little 



Courtesy 



C. Bruno and Son 



MUSIC MACHINES ON WHICH FINE 

 WOODS ARE USED 



Sizes and styles of talking and playing ma 

 chines are nearly innumerable; but no matter 

 what the size and cost, wood is the essen- 

 tial material of which the cases are made. 

 Numerous woods are used, but most are wal- 

 nut, mahogany, and oak, though others are 

 occasionally seen, both foreign and domestic. 



