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Poplar/Aspen the quality depends on where the tree/s grow. The slower the growth and the soil quality will give a better clear idea of its uses. It is prone to dark centre wood and the trees take the minerals from the soil. Good sharp tools are a must and it is better to plane at an angle to the grain with a low angle plane.

Ivan Leslie Horne I imagine that could be very pretty.

Poplar is good for carving.

worth a try, I don't know if it'd be hard enough. Give it a go. Seasoning that log will be your biggest problem. Got to dash now but chat soon? x

Yes! I have used for wheel band no problem!

Jon Loomes Hmm if it bends well and is plain then it might be a good choice for gurdy wheel rims

Jon Loomes I have some that is Flamed (Loimu in Finnish)

Probably, not sure I want to get into the packing crate business though. Maybe some small boxes…

Top and bottom blocks, as stated above, it bends well so also good for linings. You could make backs and sides but it's (subjectively) a bit plain looking.

Jon Loomes If it was a dead standing tree,then half the battle is over, the log is sawn into oversize (near to the sizes you need) stacked, dried and then resawn.

It has been used for many different applications, as with many woods that are now not available because of illegal loging and mass production. The wood for bow making was used for crates and packageing, until it was found to have a quality that changed the way it was used. As more woods become unavilable,new and more available woods need to be used. With the coming of electrics in modern instruments the acoustics are less important, what is important in instrumentmaking is the way the different woods are cut,dried and stored and for how long and the guality of finish and craftmaking .

Wasn't poplar used for packing crates? Cheap and fast

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If you can cut it on the 1/4 it bends very well, I had access to some very fine slow grown and some 10 years dried and have made a couple of HG , sound is not so bright as other woods but is very stable. It is and has some very nice flame markings ,it stains well and finishes well. Here in Finland it is called Haapa, there is another type named Popili that is from same family name but is not the same. Musuem instruments Kantele and Jouhikko have been made from Haapa,(Poplar,Aspen)