Tonewood Lumber — Instrument-Grade Walnut, Spanish Cedar, Mahogany, Sapele & Maple

Estate Millwork mills the same furniture-grade hardwoods that luthiers, flute makers and instrument builders ask for by name. Buy that instrument-grade stock by the board foot — pick your species and thickness, enter the quantity you need, and add to cart. Quartersawn orientation and thick 8/4 billets are available on request.

Choose Rough Sawn to resaw and quarter your own sets. Choose S2S for face-surfaced stock you’ll thickness yourself, or S4S for boards surfaced four sides. Tell us if you need bookmatched or sequenced boards and we’ll pull them together.

About Our Tonewoods

• Walnut ( Juglans nigra ) — warm, focused voice with rich chocolate color; a favorite for guitar backs and sides, flute bodies and drum shells. Janka 1,010, kiln-dried to 6–8%.
• Spanish Cedar ( Cedrela odorata ) — light, aromatic and stable; the classical-guitar neck and humidor standard, also used for woodwind and flute bodies.
• Mahogany — genuine mahogany, light and resonant with a strong midrange; classic for necks, backs and sides, and ukuleles.
• Sapele — African ribbon-stripe with a bright, projecting tone; a durable, figured stand-in for mahogany on backs and sides. Janka 1,410.
• Maple — hard, bright and reflective; prized for figured (flame and quilt) backs, sides and necks and for snare and drum shells. Janka 1,450.

All five are stocked kiln-dried and can be supplied quartersawn or as 8/4 billets for necks, blanks and turned parts.

What Builders Make from Tonewood

• Guitar and ukulele — backs, sides, necks and headplates in Walnut, Mahogany, Sapele and figured Maple
• Flutes and woodwinds — turned bodies and blanks in Walnut, Spanish Cedar and Mahogany
• Drums and percussion — steam-bent or stave drum shells in Walnut and Maple
• Necks and blanks — quartersawn 8/4 billets that stay straight and stable
• Repair and lutherie stock — bookmatched sets and shop stock for small builders

Grade, Thickness and Board-Foot Pricing

Our tonewood is #1 Common and better, kiln-dried to 6–8%, and sold by the board foot — one board foot is 144 cubic inches (a 12×12×1″ board). We stock 4/4 through 10/4; quartersawn orientation, thick 8/4 instrument and neck billets, extra-wide or figured boards, and bookmatched sets are quoted on request through the form below.

Call 412.641.0177 with questions, figure requests or bookmatched set orders.

• Walnut Lumber — warm, focused voice for backs, sides and flute bodies
• Spanish Cedar Lumber — light, aromatic classical-guitar and woodwind stock
• Mahogany Lumber — resonant necks, backs and sides
• Sapele Lumber — bright, figured mahogany alternative
• Maple Lumber — figured backs, sides, necks and drum shells
• All Species Rough Lumber — 16 species, priced per board foot