Western USA / Canada, Calfornia thru British Columbia

Acer macrophyllum

.54

3.25 lb/bf

Creamy White (Sap) - Yellow - Orange (Heart)

Readily Available

4" to 18" - some times up to 60" inches wide

4' to 12' feet - some times up to 16' feet

30% to 50%

Fine Furniture, Musical Instruments (primarly electric guitars), Cabinetry, Architecural Millwork, Veneer, Wood Turning, and many other uses!

Flitch, Figured (Musical Instrument Grade), Figured (Heavy), Figured (Medium), Veneer,

Quilted Maple, Broad Leaf Maple, Pacific Maple, Oregon Maple

Big Leaf maple grows in the Pacific Northwest. In this region it is fairly common, but figure mutations of curl, burl and quilt are quite rare. Only one tree out of hundreds will be figured but the figure is often exceptional. My favorite is the quilt, then the burl. Big Leaf Maple with curl is beautiful but not better than tiger soft or curly hard maple. Quilted maple is a world class figured hardwood with big bubbles of compression leaving one to wonder how figure such as this can come out of one tree. It is treasured by musical instrument makers especially for solid body electric guitars and acoustic six strings. The logs often have only small sections of figure and it takes an experienced sawyer to cut the log to reveal the figure. This is referred to as “chasing the figure”.
*Prized for fine veneers
*Used for musical instruments
*Can be quilted, burled and curly
*Trees can get quite large

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