One of the rarest, most sought after rosewoods in the World, Brazilian Rosewood is renowned for its acoustic properties and elegant, colorfully patterned grain. Planer skip or sander skip may be present. These pieces are hand sanded. Brazilian Rosewood works and glues well. This is very old material that is bone dry. This set is ideal for ukuleles! It has a nice sap center that is mostly quartersawn. It is sanded on one face.