I have a cello (which was damaged and I repaired it) with the back looking like this:
I have seen many photos of instruments with flamed maple on their back. And my cello looks just like that. When I took out the top, the wood pattern of the back plate does look like the photo except no finishing on it. Moving the finger on this back plate (inside or outside), I feel the wood goes a bit up and down like waves following the grain pattern and not perfectly flat as all other instruments I have.
If this truly flamed maple or some other kind of wood ?
I also had a violin (VSO to be exact), made in China, that also has similar pattern on the back plate, but I know for sure the pattern is painted that way, not natural wood.
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