Tone wood

[Willie Poole]

I see ads now and then that say the bridge is made of "Tone wood" Just what does that mean?

[MikeEdgerton]

It's made of wood from the elusive Tone tree (Diospyros ebenum tonum).

Not a clue actually but I do know that bridges made of tone wood generally play like butter.

[rcc56]

I don't know, but it could be code for not ebony and not rosewood.

Just like "maple back and sides" in a catalog is code for laminated, machine pressed maple; rather than solid, hand-carved maple.

And just like "HPL" is a code word for formica.

And "ebonite" and "richlite" are codes for compressed fiber board with some wood in it.

And so on . . .

[Jim Hilburn]

Kind of like rich Corinthian leather.