African blackwood –The Tree That Makes Music:
At a musical instrument factory in France, skilled craftsmen work fragments of African blackwood into clarinets and flutes for the international market. But in the early 1980s, with more and more wood cracking under pressure on the lathes, investigations turn to the plains of Tanzania, and to the Mpingo tree - the source of the remarkable black heartwood. (1992) Watch documentary
African blackwood conservation project:
The aim of this project is to help replenish this valuable tree in Tanzania. Most people will not have knowingly seen blackwood but almost everyone will have heard it, for it is the premier wood of choice for fine concert-quality woodwind instruments .
Support the Project So that the song of the Tree of Music will not go silent! visit www.blackwoodconservation.org
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"When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself."(African Proverb)
