Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
To be fair, rosewood was traditionally used in Scotland for chanters, and they overcame the problems with it by substituting endangered African hardwoods!!! EEEEK!!! Rosewood may not be highly durable, but it is both more authentic and more environmentally friendly ...
I don't think that what the Pakistani makers call "rosewood" bares any relationship to what we call rosewood in the Western world.