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  • Unique Australian Instrument Timbers

  • Otway Tonewoods has been supplying high quality timber for musical instruments to local and international luthiers since 1985.
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  • Licensed, low-impact harvesting

  • We use extremely low-impact, licensed, selective harvesting techniques to reduce our footprint

  • Mastergrade timber

  • Many products contain unique, high-grade figure ideal for high-end custom builds

Unique Australian Instrument Timbers

Otway Tonewoods has been supplying high quality timber for musical instruments to local and international luthiers since 1985. Learn More

Licensed, low-impact harvesting

We use extremely low-impact, licensed, selective harvesting techniques to reduce our footprint

Mastergrade timber

Many products contain unique, high-grade figure ideal for high-end custom builds

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Unique Australian Hardwoods

We provide a wide range of products from local timbers including Blackwood, Stainwood, and Mountain Ash.

Limited amounts of high grade seasoned timber is continually becoming available online

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What we're about!

Otway Tonewoods aims to provide luthiers with a unique, quality, affordable product with a low-impact sustainable  footprint; making sure we're ticking all the boxes along the way. We strive to give our customers the product they want for their next special build.

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Clients

  • maton guitars australia
  • cort guitars
  • octigan guitars
  • ruben guitars
  • wheeler guitars
  • gilet guitars

Testimonials

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"A treasured resource that is so skilfully procured by the Kidman family."

- Phil Carson-Crickmore -

Carson-Crickmore Guitars
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"Murray and James Kidman have been supplying Maton with Blackwood since the beginning of our journey with this wonderful tonewood.

They are as passionate about their craft as we are about ours and nobody cuts Blackwood better for guitar making. It comes to us exactly as we want it, in terms of quality, grain direction and size.

We also take pride in the fact that they are one of the most sustainable tonewood suppliers on the planet. We look forward to many more years of making great instruments with Blackwood supplied by Murray and James."

Pat Evans - Maton Guitars

Maton Guitars
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"Building musical instruments in Australia it is important to me to have access to a reliable source of  AAA - Mastergrade tonewoods. Otway Tonewoods supply luthiers here in Australia and overseas with timber that is sustainably harvested in the Otway ranges. Some of the beautiful Blackwood and Satinbox tonewoods that Otway Tonewoods have supplied have been used to create some of my most eye catching builds."

- Rod Octigan -

Octigan Guitars

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Petition

The Victorian government has put forward a plan to “phase out” all sustainable native timber harvesting practices. To find out more and show your support go to our Petition page....

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Figuring Out Timber

Figuring out timber takes some experience but we take the hassle out of it. If it’s instrument timber you are after then you have come to the right place.

Due to the way timber moves and the need to rely on it’s strengths, grain direction is everything.

See our figure grading examples from A-AAAA (mastergrade)….

Timber
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Species selection

We select timber from a number of different species including Blackwood, Satinwood and Mountain Ash. Check out our species section for details on timber properties and getting the right tone for your instrument.

Species