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Wood
Eastern Maple

  Maple is the most common species of wood in drum construction. It is hard and dense and cleanly transfers sound through any vessel, including guitars and mandolins. Eastern maple grows in the eastern and midwestern US and is generally blonde in color.
image: a detailed wood sample selected from our lumber stock
               
     
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