Editing Laburnum (section)

===Woodworking===
''Laburnum'' has historically been used for cabinetmaking and inlay, as well as for musical instruments. In addition to such [[wind instruments]] as [[Recorder (musical instrument)|recorders]] and [[flutes]], it was a popular wood for [[Great Highland Bagpipe]]s<ref name="Rendle1969">{{cite book | author = Rendle BJ | title = World Timbers: Europe and Africa | volume = 1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JIhGAAAAYAAJ| year = 1969 | publisher = Univ of Toronto Press | page = 40 | isbn = 978-0802015709 }}</ref> before taste turned to imported dense tropical hardwoods such as ''[[Brya ebenus]]'' (cocus wood), [[ebony]], and ''[[Dalbergia melanoxylon]]'' (African monkeywood).<ref name="Dickson2009">{{cite book | author = Dickson J. | title = The Highland bagpipe: music, history, tradition | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JOfk2YpundEC&pg=PA50|year=2009| publisher = Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. | isbn = 978-0-7546-6669-1 | page = 50 }}</ref> The heart-wood of a laburnum may be used as a substitute for ebony or rosewood. It is very hard and a dark chocolate brown, with a butter-yellow sapwood. [[File:Freshly cross cut Laburnum with heart-wood.jpg|thumb|Freshly cross cut laburnum with visible heart-wood]]