{"id":175,"date":"2022-02-07T05:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2022-02-07T06:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T11:23:57","slug":"tonewood-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/supplies\/tonewood-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonewood \u2013 Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Tonewood<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Suppliers that are mainly or exclusively tonewood suppliers. Yes, I know that\u2019s repetitively redundant.<\/p>\n<h3>Canadian1<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exotic-woods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Exotic Woods, Inc.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Not to be confused with Exotic Woods Company in the US \u2013 see US section below) This is who I got most of my woods for my Octave mandolin from.<br \/>\n2483 Industrial Street<br \/>\nBurlington, ON, L7P 1A6, Canada<br \/>\n905\/335-8066<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mel@exotic-woods.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Canadian (Burlington, ON). Spruce, cedar, ebony, rosewoods, maples<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roytonewood.com\/\">Roy Tonewoods<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 My source of Sitka Spruce for the OM. I don\u2019t have a website for this (UPDATE: I now do have a website link\u2026 see above) guy, but a Luthier from PEI talks about him on his website (click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bckingston.com\/wood.htm\">here<\/a>\u00a0for the original);<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026this isn\u2019t just any Sitka: it is old-growth Sitka spruce from Haida Gwaii (formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia) \u2013 the home of the world\u2019s 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\u00a0<a>mroy@island.net<\/a>\u00a0and I assure you that you\u2019ll 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luthierwoods.com\/\"><strong>Oyster River Tone Woods<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nBruce Williamson<br \/>\n4134 South Island Hwy<br \/>\nCampbell River, British Columbia V9H-1B6, Canada<br \/>\n888\/871-7111<br \/>\nfax: 250\/923-7050<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:bwilliam@oberon.ark.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Canadian (BC). Figured Big Leaf Maple, Engelmann and Sitka Spruce, Red Cedar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bowriverwoods.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bow River Specialty Woods<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nCanadian (BC). Specializing in highly figured Maple, but with a list of woods too numerous to list. What would you like?46501 Ballam Rd<br \/>\nChilliwack, BC<br \/>\nCanada V2P-6H5<br \/>\nph: 866-795-3462<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@bowriverwoods.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Curly Maple, Quilted Maple, Softwoods and Exotic hardwoods<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sprucetonewood.com\/\">Sprucetonewood.com<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\nph: 250 615 2800<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:dacosta@sprucetonewood.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Canadian. Spruce, cedar.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>A&amp;M Wood Specialty, Inc.<\/strong><br \/>\n358 Eagle Street North<br \/>\nBox 32040<br \/>\nCambridge, Ontario<br \/>\nCanada, N3H 4S6<br \/>\n519\/653-9322<br \/>\nfrom USA: 800\/265-2759<br \/>\nfrom Canada: 800\/265-0624<br \/>\nfax: 519\/653-3441<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:amwood@golden.net\">email<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Traditional lutherie woods. Spruce and Maple<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Macleod<\/strong><br \/>\n2646 Willemar Ave<br \/>\nCourtenay, BC, V9N6L2 Canada<br \/>\n250-338-8669<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:iamjamesiam@hotmail.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Western red cedar, veneer grade fir, yellow cedar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jacques Morin<\/strong><br \/>\n3692 Ethel<br \/>\nVerdun P.Q. H4G 1S3, Canada<br \/>\n514\/768-5770<br \/>\nfax: 514\/768-3800<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:hardwood@videotron.ca\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Hondurus rosewood and mahogany, maples, spruce<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Northern Tonewoods<\/strong><br \/>\nTerry Newman<br \/>\nGoose Bay, Labrador, Canada<br \/>\n709\/896-3086<br \/>\nfax: 709\/896-0471<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:northcan@thezone.net\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>North Eastern White spruce, larch, yellow birch<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ten-Co<\/strong>\u00a0(formerly Samex)<br \/>\n3105 Winston Churchill Blvd.<br \/>\nSuite 26002<br \/>\nMissiauga, Ontario<br \/>\nCanada, L5K 2R8<br \/>\n800\/952-8833<br \/>\nfax: 905\/822-0578<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:ten@wwonline.com\"><em>email<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Red and white spruces, figured maple<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Tonewood People<\/strong><br \/>\n155 East 12th Street, Suite 101<br \/>\nNorth Vancouver, B.C.<br \/>\nCanada, V7L 2J3<br \/>\n604\/984-8338<br \/>\nfax: 604\/984-8338<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonewood Suppliers that are mainly or exclusively tonewood suppliers. Yes, I know that\u2019s repetitively redundant. Canadian1 Exotic Woods, Inc.\u00a0(Not to be confused with Exotic Woods Company in the US \u2013 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, &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/supplies\/tonewood-canada\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tonewood \u2013 Canada<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":176,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/176"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}