Pete Howlett
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I made my first instrument in 1976 out of makore and found a great source of korina 2 years ago. The makore sounds like mahogany and the korina like koa. These woods come from Africa, (and there is plenty of highly figured makore in the US if you look for it- https://www.cookwoods.com/wood-by-species/makore), are not on CITES, currently cost a fraction of koa and mahogany and are great to finish with a non-grain fill regimen. Here is the korina in an image set and a link to an impromptu performance with a German born student from Sweden who made the makore one on a course this week...
https://www.facebook.com/no1petehowlett/videos/10155836714266031/
https://www.facebook.com/no1petehowlett/videos/10155836714266031/
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