A bit of prompting might produce mention of Paul Gilroy of King's College, author of The Empire Strikes Back and Black Atlantic, who has recently returned to Britain after several years in America's more fertile ebony towers.
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Maple is sometimes used for high friction parts (pegs, fingerboard) and dyed to resemble the more expensive Ebony, which is found on most instruments.
In more fabulous news, Ebony has joined the wonderful world of Tumblr and is uploading photos, covers and ads from its archives for our viewing pleasure--and it won't cost you a mortgage payment (Yeah, we're talking to you Vogue).
"What they were turning out was more of an American Ebony with a touch of South Africa rather than a South African Ebony with a touch of America," said Fraser Mtshali, the editor in chief of Bona.
"Ebony is more of an entertainment vehicle, not to show clothes to buyers," Mr. Owen said.
Consistently favoring sculptural, oversized pieces, Ms. Boivin's designs in the 1930s and 1940s explored both geometric and naturalistic motifs, floral themes, animal and sea life creatures, with a marked preference for yellow gold, boldly setting precious stones against citrines, aquamarines or topaz, or more unlikely materials like ebony, chromed metal or tiger skin.
See his fascinating YouTube statement on the company's ebony commitment for more.
If a shutdown were to last more than a short period, Ebony Brown figures she would have to look for another job.
