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D. ebenum Indian and Ceylon Ebony |
Ebony is a fine grained timber of several species of the persimmon genus Diospyros. The timbers are divided into three broad groups, those that are uniformly black such as D. piscatoria and D. crassiflora Africa, those that are black with lighter streaks such as Coromandel Ebony (D. melanoxylon) and Macassar ebony (D. quaesita) from the island of Celebes and those that are pale cream and much lighter such as D. virginiana North America and D.mespiliformis Africa.
History In Antwerp at the end of the 16th century, fine cabinets for the luxury trade were made of ebony, whose dense hardness lent itself to refined moldings framing finely detailed pictorial panels with carving in very low relief ( bas-relief), usually of allegorical subjects, or taken from classical or Christian history. Within a short time, such cabinets were also being made at Paris, where their makers became known as ébénistes, which remains the French term for ' cabinet-makers'.
As a result of non-sustainable harvesting, many ebonies are now endangered speciesAn endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. Many countries have laws offering special protection to these species (forbidding hunting, banning their habitats from development, etc. to prevent t.
African BlackwoodRosewood Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fabales Family: Fabaceae Genus Dalbergia Species Dalbergia melanoxylon References African Blackwood Dalbergia melanoxylon is a species of rosewood with (Dalbergia melanoxylon) is often mistaken for Ebony as it is a dense fine grained and black but Ebony is matte black as opposed to African Blackwood which has depth and a reflective translucent quality in its grain. Both timbers are decorative and valuable and used in musical instrumentA musical instrument is a device that has been constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. In principle, anything that somehow produces sound can serve as a musical instrument, but the expression is reserved generally to items that have thats, African blackwood in clarinets and similar woodwind instruments because of its tonal quality and Ebony for pianoPiano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). Its sound is produced by strings stretched on a rigid frame. These vibrate when struck by felt-covered hammers, which are activated by the keys, violinThe violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello and double bass. The lowest string (and hen finger boards, pegs and cheek rests because of its wear resistance qualities.Another ebony species known as persimmon (D. virginiana) is in fact a cream light coloured timber with the off-white darker colour center timber being discarded. the lighter colour timber was used in golf club heads in the recent past becaused it had tremendous resistance to impact.
The fruits of the certain ebony trees known as persimmons are edible and very pleasant to eat when ripe, D. discolor, D. kaki, D. lotus, D. digyna, and D. texana.
See also: Ebony magazine.
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