When I was making a little music box one time I used serious old growth
fir (like your redwood) for the soundboard.
It was a little soundboard so I could experiment easily.
I guessed what I thought might be a correct thickness,.........
dullsville. It could barely be heard at all.
I thinned it out a lot and it got better. More and it was better yet
I finally took it as thin as I dared, and wow, that little box just
came alive.
My conclusion, old growth is so much harder and stronger that less of it
makes a sparkling instrument
I have tried to find fake ivory too and didn't do any better than you.
Its expensive and bigger pieces moreso
yours scott
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