Tonewood
Suppliers that are mainly or exclusively tonewood suppliers. Yes, I know that’s repetitively redundant.
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- Exotic Woods, Inc. (Not to be confused with Exotic Woods Company in the US – see US section below) This is who I got most of my woods for my Octave mandolin from.
2483 Industrial Street
Burlington, ON, L7P 1A6, Canada
905/335-8066
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Canadian (Burlington, ON). Spruce, cedar, ebony, rosewoods, maples - Roy Tonewoods – My source of Sitka Spruce for the OM. I don’t have a website for this (UPDATE: I now do have a website link… see above) guy, but a Luthier from PEI talks about him on his website (click here for the original);
…this isn’t just any Sitka: it is old-growth Sitka spruce from Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia) – the home of the world’s finest Sitka spruce. My good friend, Maurice Roy, has been working in the woods of Haida Gwaii for more than 20 years and has been offering an amazing selection of world class tonewoods for a number of years now through his company Maurice Contracting. Maurice sources all his old growth Sitka spruce as well as red and yellow cedar without cutting down any new trees. Blow downs that have been on the ground for 30 years or longer, and pieces long ago left behind by logging operations are no longer waste. Maurice blocks them up and splits them into billets, then gets them out of the woods often with the use of a helicopter. The billets are then air dried to the desired moisture content but it is as if they had been drying for decades already because since they ceased growing when they came down all those years ago, the pitch and resins have crystallized over time and the result is beautiful aged tonewood. Maurice will custom mill to your specs any of his tonewoods whether you require one set or a container load. I encourage anyone interested to contact Maurice at [email protected] and I assure you that you’ll find a guy that is a pleasure to deal with that can supply you with all the world class tonewood you require at a really fair price.
And for the record, the short contact I had with Maurice at the show left me with exactly the same impression; helpful, courteous, knowledgeable, and a pleasure to deal with.
- Oyster River Tone Woods
Bruce Williamson
4134 South Island Hwy
Campbell River, British Columbia V9H-1B6, Canada
888/871-7111
fax: 250/923-7050
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Canadian (BC). Figured Big Leaf Maple, Engelmann and Sitka Spruce, Red Cedar - Bow River Specialty Woods
Canadian (BC). Specializing in highly figured Maple, but with a list of woods too numerous to list. What would you like?46501 Ballam Rd
Chilliwack, BC
Canada V2P-6H5
ph: 866-795-3462
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Curly Maple, Quilted Maple, Softwoods and Exotic hardwoods - Sprucetonewood.com.
ph: 250 615 2800
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Canadian. Spruce, cedar. - A&M Wood Specialty, Inc.
358 Eagle Street North
Box 32040
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada, N3H 4S6
519/653-9322
from USA: 800/265-2759
from Canada: 800/265-0624
fax: 519/653-3441
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Traditional lutherie woods. Spruce and Maple - James Macleod
2646 Willemar Ave
Courtenay, BC, V9N6L2 Canada
250-338-8669
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Western red cedar, veneer grade fir, yellow cedar - Jacques Morin
3692 Ethel
Verdun P.Q. H4G 1S3, Canada
514/768-5770
fax: 514/768-3800
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Hondurus rosewood and mahogany, maples, spruce - Northern Tonewoods
Terry Newman
Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada
709/896-3086
fax: 709/896-0471
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North Eastern White spruce, larch, yellow birch - Ten-Co (formerly Samex)
3105 Winston Churchill Blvd.
Suite 26002
Missiauga, Ontario
Canada, L5K 2R8
800/952-8833
fax: 905/822-0578
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Red and white spruces, figured maple - The Tonewood People
155 East 12th Street, Suite 101
North Vancouver, B.C.
Canada, V7L 2J3
604/984-8338
fax: 604/984-8338