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 flatsawn with numerous end checks/splits on both ends up to 2-3/4" long. The listed length is the length you will get without the splits. It has a penetrating pin hole present up to 4-3/8" wide. Must be able to work with!