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Thanks to all who contributed to this. I've now put the plank on eBay.

Ok cool, guitars it is. I'm beginning to think we'll never know the wood type for sure......

That's great Will, thank you. How many violins do you think you can make for me from the plank? In the meantime, I have had an offer to have it scientifically analysed in a lab for the bargain price of £480. Think I may go down that route instead.....NOT!

Custard, rest assured, it has not been cut down just yet!

Thanks Will....it's in the post.

Yes, it looks like rosewood and it smells like rosewood.....I think it is safe to say it is rosewood! But where from, that is the question. Who is the 'go to' guy who'd know for certain? Can a sample be tested in a lab perhaps?

Yes, Mr. Hutch rather likes basking in the sun sat atop a (possibly) very valuable seesaw. Ok, thanks very much for your help. I have now sanded down one end of the plank, perhaps that may help with the identification? Is there someone/somewhere I can get in touch with and maybe send a sample...

Thank you for your replies. Is there any way to find out for certain what it is?

Good afternoon, I wonder if anyone could help me identify the type of wood in this plank that I recently acquired from an old cabinet maker's workshop please. He informed me that he had had it lurking at the back of his workshop for decades. It is 82 1/2" in length, between 9 1/8" and 10 1/2"...