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if you made a machine with Aus hardwood it would be very close to aluminum bang two bits of dry old Aus hard wood together it sounds like steel banging on steel

LOL in the US we prize these hardwoods for use in acoustic and electric guitars, where that "ring" is a desirable attribute. I'd almost give a finger for some ancient kauri that is salvaged from the bogs. But, I suppose one man's exotic hardwoid is another man's domestuc scrap wood!