No, I’m not asking if you liked Finnegan or Crawford’s Bb 
Just curious if anyone has had any skin reactions (contact dermatitis, lip mouth irritation, etc.) to Austrailian Red Lancewood flutes or whistles?
Loren
While I did like Finnegan’s Bb, I recall that it was blackwood.
Now back to our regularly scheduled topic…
Good, I stand corrected. I really should pay more attention around here
Loren
Nothing reported so far to me, Loren, but I haven’t used it that much. Nice to work.
I imagine whistle players (and therefore makers) would be the first to find out - they actually put the stuff in their mouths (greep!). Makes you realise why the fancier English Flageolets had ivory tipped blow tubes. Given some flute players develop allergies to cocus, it must have been rough on the whistle players.
Hmmm. What do we think about putting elephant’s teeth in our mouths?
Terry
Eeeew. Saliva and chewed leafy bits.
Loren, my reaction to Aussie Red Lancewood is that it smells so nice I want to grind it up and spice my vegetable stew with it …
I suppose that’s why all the best flute makers have gone to using rare and costly Ivorite, made from the tusks of a Nauga, which is an endangered species that lives in the southern polar regions, or maybe Gondwana Land, or places like that. It’s become endangered because the hide hunters have hunted it unmercifully for its hide! Both tusks and hide are non-allergenic…
With best regards to all.
Steve Mack
Those naugas are darn cute. A shame their hides and tusks are so useful.
Why, I think I’d rather skin an ewok than a nauga! Rumors of nauga-ewok
wars sometimes drive up the price of both. 