Genuine Mahogany

[GGJaguar]

If only guitars carried certification by the Mahogany Association, Inc.

 

[GAD]

 

[chazmo]

If only guitars carried certification by the Mahogany Association, Inc.

Whatever that is, GG, it looks like it'd make a sweet guitar neck!

 

[RBSinTo]

If only guitars carried certification by the Mahogany Association, Inc.

GGJ.,
Be careful what you wish for.
Otherwise, the next thing you know The Glue Guild, Saddle Syndicate, Tuner Tribe, Nut Network, Fret Federation, Bridge Bond,
String Society, Pickguard-Purfing Partnership and Rosette Relationship will want their certificates displayed as well.
RBSinTo

 

[SFIV1967]

If only guitars carried certification by the Mahogany Association, Inc.

Wouldn't help, because did you read it carefully? The guitar lovers would endlessly discuss what species of "Genuine Mahogany" it is that comes from West Coast Africa vs. West Indies vs. Tropical America...



Ralf

 

[hansmoust]

If only guitars carried certification by the Mahogany Association, Inc.

That's a weird looking piece of mahogany, if it is mahogany, that I personally would not like to see as a part of a guitar!
Almost looks like oak that would look nice on a rustic piece of furniture.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[chazmo]

That's a weird looking piece of mahogany, if it is mahogany, that I personally would not like to see as a part of a guitar!
Almost looks like oak that would look nice on a rustic piece of furniture.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl

Maybe the sign just doubles down on the lie. Or maybe it was supposed to be funny?

I don't know, Hans. I was fooled, if it isn't mahogany. That's not saying much, though as I have no faith that the "mahogany association" is something that should be trusted.

 

[SFIV1967]

I was fooled, if it isn't mahogany. That's not saying much, though as I have no faith that the "mahogany association" is something that should be trusted.

Actually that number 155 tells you who manufactured the item. In that case "Brandt Cabinet Works" in Hagerstown, MD.

Mahogany Association Number

123 Imperial Furniture Grand Rapids, MI 125 West Michigan Furniture Co. Holland, MI 126 Rockford National Furniture Rockford, I

www.furniturecityhistory.org

The Association issued two types of labels: a dark Blue / black Label indicated a veneer of genuine mahogany; a Red Label that guaranteed the piece was made of solid genuine mahogany.

And @hansmoust is spot on that this part shown is actually not mahogany as the dark Blue/black label states:



So the label is applied inside the furniture item, not on a "exposed" mahogany face.

See also here as example:

Brandt Mahogany End Table?

I have a pair of these Brandt mahagony end tables that I got from a great Aunt and was wondering if they may be worth anything?

www.thriftyfun.com

Ralf

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

If you're a fan of Antiques Road Show, you'd know the sides of the drawers are built from "secondary" wood. A lot of times that wood is poplar. In this case it appears to be oak.

 

[spoox]

Most factory made furniture after the Civil War used poplar as the secondary wood, although some southern furniture still used pine. By the teens, however,
oak and sometimes maple would be used for drawers more and more, as poplar is a rather "soft" hardwood and tends to wear through constant use.
I've had to rebuild several American Victorian drawer sides over the years to square them up and make them functional again. That drawer bottom in the photo would be oak plywood. Poplar plywood bottoms were being used even by the late 1880s, prior to that the bottoms were solid poplar planed down at the edges. I can usually tell the approximate age and origin of most furniture if I can see the piece's drawer construction, whether American or European.