[Cathy]

I does look like mahogany. A lot of older guitars were made out of mahogany, before it became a rare wood. I used to have a 3/4 solid mahogany guitar from Sears & Roebuck. The strings were about 1/4 inch above the neck, and it was awfully hard to play. I remember getting blistered fingers on my left hand. I'd like to have it now, though, knowing what I know about setting up guitars. It would have been pretty sweet if I'd have taken the nut and bridge down and made it playable. I think Dad threw it on the rockpile in the woods and lit it on fire, after it sat in the closet for years.

The Lyra definitely isn't rosewood. Rosewood has inky dark streaks throughout the grain.

Cathy