The Pernambuco tree grows in Brazil and is the exotic wood of choice for making first-class violin bows. Brazil is proposing to closely regulate any trade in this endangered tree. But its proposed ...

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Conservationists and makers of musical bows unite in an effort to save the pernambuco, a prized wood that has been overharvested. Brazilian Tree Gets a Big Hug - Los Angeles Times ...

Half a millennium after the arrival of the Portuguese, a new raid on pernambuco wood is under way. This time, the would-be conquerors of this beautiful and slightly perfumed tree, native to the ...

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Aquarter-century ago, wood dealer and bow maker Horst John recognized the need to replenish the dwindling stock of trees and began planting pernambuco on his property in Guarana.

Since 2007, the tropical tree pernambuco, used to make the highest quality bows, has been listed in the second tier of endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

The wood has qualities which makes it ideal for creating high quality bows, for example its rigidity, ... The pernambuco tree might not have quite the same appeal as cute and cuddly mammals, but its ...

For centuries, Brazilian pernambuco has been used to make the world’s best bows. Without its wood, the song won’t remain the same Instrument makers fret over the disappearing ‘Music Tree’ ...