Saturday, 14 December 2024

Wooden Tops 11. Elder

Elder branches contain a soft pithy core. This can be removed, to create hard, easily-polished, hollow pipes. These are used to manufacture whistles, pipes, bagpipe chanters and other musical instruments.

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