Here you will find A gallery of instruments that have been sold or are otherwise not available for sale

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A closed end baron made with Light Sheoak,  with a Lace pattern in the wood when viewed cross-grain.  This wood is from Australia

A closed end Baron made with Two-tone Afican Blackwood. It can be found throughout East and Central Africa, in the savanna regions of the Sudan southward to Mozambique, then westward to Angola and northward to Nigeria and Senegal.  Two-tone simply means that there is sapwood and heartwood present.

A European pen made with Wenge another wood from Afica that grows in swampy areas in Zaire, Cameroon, the Congo, Tanzania, and Gaboon.  This pen uses a cross style refill.

A closed end Baron made from Olivewood.  This wood has been sawn at an angle to the grain.  That gives grain patterns that are visible in this particular piece.  Also called Mediteranean olive, European olive, Spanish olive, etc, depending on the local of origin, this is a very attractive and expensive wood used primarily for ornamental items because the small size of the tree limits production and also because in Italy and Greece, if you threaten the source of olive oil with a chainsaw, several large men will come and hurt you.

A Slimline made with Cocobolo from the  Pacific regions of Central America and extending from Panama to southwestern Mexico. Countries include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama. It is officially classified in some locations as either as extinct, endangered, rare, or vulnerable.  This pen uses a cross refill.

A slimline made with Olivewood.  Also called Mediteranean olive, European olive, Spanish olive, etc, depending on the local of origin, this is a very attractive and expensive wood used primarily for ornamental items because the small size of the tree limits production and also because in Italy and Greece, if you threaten the source of olive oil with a chainsaw, several large men will come and hurt you.
 

A closed end Baron made from Sapele another Afican Woodand can be found in west, central, and east Africa, ranging from the Ivory Coast to the Cameroons and eastward through Zaire to Uganda.

A Slimline made with Jatoba (known in the US as Brazilian Cherry). It can be found in Southern Mexico, throughout Central America and the West Indies to northern Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.  This wood is popularly used in hardwood flooring in the US today. 

A closed End baron made from Redwood Burl.  This is a Wood from the US and grows in an irregular strip scarcely 35 miles wide and 500 miles long, extending along the west slope of the Pacific Coast from the Chetco River in Oregon to about 100 miles south of San Francisco. The trees grow from sea level to above 3,000 feet above the sea, on flats and slopes subject to frequent heavy fogs.
 

A Slimeline made from Zebrawood from Afica and can be found in West Africa from Gabon, Cameroon, and Congo --- gregarious, sometimes in pure stands along riverbanks.

A Slimline made from Bocote found in Central America and the West Indies, including Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. Mostly, it is from Mexico.

A closed end Baron made from Chechen Burl.  This wood can be found in Mexico and Central America. Some reports include Oceania and S.E. Asia.