Instruments build by our customers
Gedson Bravim
Viola 407 mm. Poplar no fundo e laterais, Tampo e fundo inteiros.
Gedson Bravim
Luthier
Vincenzo Santochirico
Questa chitarra mi ha dato molte soddisfazioni nella costruzione. Ha un suono fantastico, ma a breve verrà consegnata in mani sapienti
Vincenzo Santochirico
Santochirico Guitars
Juan Fernandez
Paris, France
Juan Fernandez
Guitar Maker
Copenhagen Guitars
Roberto D'Elia
Isidoros Papadamou
Ragnar Thorsteinsen
This OM model guitar is made with a carpathian spruce top from you, and sounds (in my humble opinion) very, very good. I appreciate the high level of service from your company, and the high quality of the woods delivered. Keep up the good work.
Best wishes,
Ragnar
Ragnar Thorsteinsen
Guitar maker
Stuart Day
USA
Carpathian Tonewoods was easy to deal with. Responsive to requests for photos and pricing and quick to ship once payment was made. The wood I received was spectacular. I had been looking for new sources of maple for my arch top guitars as north American maples seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. The Maple I got from Catalin was beautiful and had a great strength to weight ratio. Good specific gravity and was a joy to work. I will be buying from them again
Stuart Day
Custom Guitars & Guitar Repairs
Jarmo Vaintola
Maple back and sides are beautiful, I am very happy with it.
It was easy to choose my favorit pieces of tops, backs and sides from your web pages.
The service was good, well packaged and quick delivery.
Jarmo Vaintola
HANDMADE GUITARS
Alexandru Marian
Alexandru Marian
MAKER OF SPANISH GUITARS
Carl Le Noir
Oudenaarde, Belgium
I was happy like a little kid in a candystore when I received my first order . It was well selected wood from an outstanding quality at a very reasonable price and a quick delivery as well .
I appreciate it also that every item has a picture , so you know exactly what you will receive .Job well done !!
Carl Le Noir
Guitar maker
Suguru Nakashima
When tonewoods arrived, I was surprised at the goodness of the sound quality.
I could find my favorite tonewoods selecting from many photos.
I will also buy from Carpathian Tonewood
Suguru Nakashima
Luthier
Geronimo Mateos e Hijos
Thanks to CarpatianToneWood, Catalin ,his owner, is always really handy when we want to choose and buy the best woods for our instruments , very hight quality of spruce and maple and the sound of his timber is just fabulous, best prices from the best source! Don’t hesitate to buy, never disappointed!
Luthier Federico Mateos
Geronimo Mateos
Constructores de Guitarras Artesanales
Gilles Rolland
Oncy Sur Ecole, France
Catalin does his best to find and grade good spruce. No run out and very stiff!
Gilles Rolland
Luthier amateur (pour le moment)
Samuel Zamfir de Souza
Samuel Zamfir de Souza
Luthier
Klein Yu
I like to use Catalin's tonewood.
Specially the maple tonewood is so nice
as well as its price.
When I visited his place, I've found stored tonewoods
that naturally seasoning.
The seasoning method is very important for the sound
of instrument.
I am satisfied with the business with Catalin
Klein Yu
Luthier
Christophe Mineau
Christophe Mineau
Luthier
Christopher Jacoby
This is a lovely low density back you cut in 2010-- .57, by my notebook.
Christopher Jacoby
Luthier
Charles Croeser
Muiz Guitars
Guitar Maker
Valentim Carlos Gomes
São Paulo,Brazil
Esse resultado da sua madeira em minhas mãos , excelente ! .
Valentim Carlos Gomes
Guitar maker
Bertrand Dubois
Malonne, Belgium
Made with woods from ... Carpathian Tonewoods ! Thanks Catalin !
Bertrand Dubois
Luthier
Rod Ward
This my viola 129 , as on the website. It is made with your lovely poplar.
Rod Ward
Violins, Violas and Cellos maker
Paul John Ridden
One of the latest violin made with wood shipped by Carpathian Tonewood to Australia
Paul John Ridden
Fine Master Violins
Very fast delivery, the wood is very nice.
Thank you for an excellent and very fast delivery. The wood was very fine quality – and thank you for the extra viola front. It is highly appreciated. Always a pleasure to deal with your company.
Quick, reliable delivery
Très rapide et emballage très adéquat. Produit de qualité
Great service and communication
Nice product good support
I don’t see anything negative :), nice wood for nice price. Looks better in real, than I expected.
All perfect, the grade match with the wood grain supplied.
Outstanding wood, thank you!
Rather expensive delivery, but that’s not your fault. Arrived very quickly. Good pictures of the actual set.
Easy to navigate website and prompt delivery as promised.
Très surpris et très content.
Very good service- dealt with any questions as they arose promptly and effectively.
Pleased!
Excellent service and very fast shipping!!
Thanks for all!!!
Very quick delivery and quality as described.
Great service!
Excellent service. Excellent product. Two thumbs up!
Great communication, fast shipping, love the archtop back and sides set!
Arived earlier than estimated. Lovely wood for student grade. Well packed for shipping , very impressed.
excellent service highly recommended
Very Good, Reall a Bargain Great Wood
Purchased a bearclaw spruce soundboard and beautiful flamed maple back and sides. Photos were accurate. Nice taptone. Superfast delivery to Australia. Hope to make a nice sounding guitar from it.
all ok
Awesome !!!!
Good experience. Thank you,
Excellent
Perfect service ! quick delivery. Thank you
Thank you also this time for a fast delivery, the wood is looking very fine, and I am looking forward to work with it. The website is very easy to work with.
Fast service.
My first delivery arrived today. fast service to Italy. well packed , arrived safely. Even came with some packing pieces that may be good enough to use in a smaller instrument. looking forward to a creative winter in my workshop, thanks Carpathian tonewoods!
I travelled to Rasnov in Romania with my wife to hand pick some guitar tops and enjoy a few days in beautiful Transylvania.
Catalin was a great host who picked us up from a nearby town and showed us around his saw mill.
I chose some really great tops from an extensive collection of his hand selected luthier wood.
I even ended up buying one of the student cello packages he sells.
Everything was packaged up well and arrived in perfect order.
Catalin knows his stuff and I found his saw mill a most interesting place to visit.
Great service, good packaging.
Comment: The website is very helpful with pictures of the actual wood pieces. The wood came very promptly and well wrapped. Very good value. The postage was very expensive but that is not the fault of the supplier. Maybe a slower but cheaper option would be useful,
I was very pleased with the wood I received after only a week from order. The homepage is very easy to work with, and you are able to order from the pictures you see, and you won`t get disappointed.
I am looking forward to work with the wood on my cello projects, and I will return with new orders when I start a new project.
Best regards
Carl Otto Højer Sørensen
Thank you for a fast delivery, looking forward to work with the wood, and I will get back to you, when I need more wood.
Fantastic customer service and very quick deliver to Australia
I’m happy with everything I ordered
Products are well presented and delivered well in time and problem free. Doublebass material is large and heavy, well done. It was overall a plaisant experience in dealing with management of Carpathians tonewood.
All good
very fast delivery
Fairly easy to follow
1 week earlier than expected!
Very good service and aligned with pic on homepage. Quick delivery
Fast replies and perfect service. I couldn’t be more happy!
First class
Excellent quality and service
All the products arrived on time and the treatment is very pleasant.
Comment: prompt delivery and friendly service very satisfied
Very personal touch on contact- unusually good!
Very fast delivery
Profi.
Everything was very good, I will continue to buy for sure.
perfect ……… the wood looks wonderful . i look forward to build guitars with this beautiful wood
many thanks….jerry farrell hamilton, canada
Clear website and accurate description of every item
I’ve bought Carpathian spruce from several several other vendors in Romania and this is the best quality I’ve found. The people who run the company are very helpful and helped me find the least expensive shipping method to the USA. Many Thanks!
Always good service and quick delivery.
Prompt and professional service.
First time buyer from Carpathian, impressed with price and delivery.
Excellent!!
Amazingly fast delivery
Indeed Robert, order was received on March 14 then delivered to Australia on March 21, so 7 days door to door.
website easy to use, quick and efficient
Amazing customer service, delivery was very fast! Help with replacement side board is smooth.
I received prompt responses to my emails. The wood when received was well packaged and shipped the day of my payment. The wood was represented accurately and the pieces I picked were the ones I received terrific quality. I look forward to doing business with Carpathian Tonewood in the near future.
Steve Koenke
Koenke Guitars LLC
Easy to deal with, fast delivery, good price!
I really can’t fault the quality of service or the speed with which my order was dispatched. The UK having left the EU, I expected some delay but if there were any, it was minimal. The wood quality was excellent and those generous people at Carpathian Tonewoods sent not only better grades than requested but extra pieces too so I could not be happier. The backs and tops were accurately partially sawn making final splitting easy. As a new customer I was treated extremely well by very helpful staff and ownership and they will be my first port of call when I need to pre-order.
Finally, their prices are extremely competitive so as I started out saying, I really can’t find fault. Thank you, Carpathian Tonewoods.
Terry Docherty,
Luthier
UK
Service was very good and fast.
Good communication, very well packaged and delivered sooner than expected.
So happy with the service
I was very happy with the order although I had to pay DHL £50.41 (UK pounds) for ‘import duty/tax due’.
I always get better wood than what I ordered:-) Nice and friendly, highly recommended.
Excellent service, excellent wood. Can’t fault the brilliant timber.
My third order from CT. I am very happy with all the wood I have purchased. Service and delivery excellent
The package arrived in excellent condition and faster than i expected!!
Excellent products and fast shipping
The website is easy to navigate and the shipping quote is right there so you get no surprises. The service is always first class and the shipping is lightning fast. Catalin is always ready to help out. When I need wood, this is my first choice.
I think all of your services have been first class.
Easy and efficient
Easy to navigate site, prompt notifications and delivery
it was my first time I purchased wood from Europe and was more of a test to see how it would go sending all the way to Australia and It all went to plan, no problems at all. At first I wasn’t happy with the first courier they use, a quick email and they changed the courier so that was great news. As far as the product, it looks and feels good but the true test will be when it’s on a guitar, until then I recommend the purchasing from Carpathian and they do have good range tops. Regards
Fast delivery as always. This shop is highly recommended.
Wonderful service, from ordering to receiving my order in the UK only took 9days, the wood looks beautiful and will certainly order from Carpathian again
Super fast shipping. Made it in half the expected time
Fast delivery, excellent customer service.
Good tonewood, and good service! Thank you!
Good communication and quick delivery
Catalin,
Thank you! The violin and viola tops arrived today and all I could say while checking them is “Wow”. A feast for the eyes and I’m sure they will be a feast for the ears as well.
The double bass built with your top and neck came out sounding wonderful.
I wish I could have gotten a couple of cello tops and double bass as well but, next time.
Take care and all the best.
Vinny Colletti
Thank you for the beautiful wood.
Very fine
I am glad I found you and hope we can do more business in the future.
All good here!
Excellent delivery time great wood
Very pleased with the product and the delivery
Well packed arrived quick and secure. Excellent wood every bit as good as advertised
Excellent service and delivery.
The website is very easy to use.
perfect service !!!!!! , lot of extra wood thanks
Easy to navigate website, excellent customer service.
Comment: Wood arrived in great shape and only took about 7 days. Product was exactly as described and got here really fast considering how far away it was. Will definitely buy here again
My parcels were delivered exactly on the date I had been notified and were very carefully wrapped for transit.
Comment: What you see is what you get ! Very fast delivery ! Constantly updated website ! Excellent work !
I am very happy with the quality and delivery.
Exellent.
Very pleased with the quality of this board and service – professional, helpful and prompt
Great customer service and fast shipping. Highly recommended! AAAAAA++++++
férové jednanie , rýchla dodávka 4 dni !
Very professional and fast delivery
Excellent communication, delivery arrived in two days (from romania to czech republic), undamaged. I am very satisfied with this company.
Im just so impressed how kindly and profesdional your service. The spruce top beatiful, the shipping fast, the packing sturdy and maan, i got a gift! Im really really happy, keep on guys. You are no1 for me!
Madera recibida rapidamente, corresponde a lo que se presenta en la pagina web, ninguna sorpresa. Madera estupenda.
Prompt services, fast shipping. And thanks for the gifts!
Super.Good prices and fast delivery of goods.
The resulting pattern of wood is so beautiful
Are satisfied with the service
I want to buy it again next time
Thanks
-Gonjung
Very nice clean more than basic soundboard.This is really a very serious firm.I’m really looking forward to build an archtop-guitar with it.Thank you very much and stay healthy.
Great service and prompt delivery.
Thank you for the correct and fast delivery!
Everything as planned. It was delivered really quick despite the current situation. Soundboards as expected.
Muy bien, como siempre.
Excellent quality ! (even for the ” cheap ” A soundboard ) And Shipping is very fast !! Thanks !!
Customer friendly
Extremely fast shipping and excellent product. You have earned a long-term customer. Thank you!
Easy to buy, great quality and ridiculously fast shipping! Bought this on Monday and recieved it on Wednesday. I am truly amazed. Can’t wait to get my lyre done and try it out
Fast shipping +gift woods. many thanks
Excellent service and delivery. Instant contact and able to provide detailed photos of all items and very helpful.
Excellent, very helpfull
fast and perfect
Very happy with the offer and also with personalized service for special requests. Prices are realistic and the quality is very good, even in A grades. Highly recommended!
The wood is absolutely beautiful. The service and assistance are great. Help with getting a good delivery price to New Zealand was really appreciated. This was my second shipment and both have been great experiences on all counts. Thank you very much.
Great buying experience! This wood is excellent tone wood! Very beautiful! Quick shipping. Very satisfied by these products.
Catalin is always available to communicate. He goes the extra mile to make sure the wood that he sells fits your criteria. Carpathian Tonewood’s spruce is exceptional and the service is professional and shipping to the US is fast and secure. I will not hesitate to buy more wood form them in the future. Their website is very comprehensive and makes choosing wood very easy. And Catalin is always available to answer any additional questions through the website chat room. Highly recommended.
Thank you again Catalin for a very positive wood buying experience!
Ernest Martel Violins
Really fast, shipping, great website overall. Thank you.
brilliant ,delivered on time great value for a master grade strutting ,very very pleased
Very helpful person,he will look woods that best for your needs.very responsive to your questions and confusions.i will recommend this site.your a very kind person sir Catalin
Very kind people you are, and great follow up!!
I’m very satisfied with the quick respond , customer service and delivery time. It arrived 5 days before estimated delivery date. Very good. Wood was very good wrapped
Nice wood! Fast delivery.
Excellent service, information and delivery.
Awesome. I’m so glad to have found Carpathian Tonewoods. Whole service couldn’t have been better
Very fast shipping
Nice wood and quality correspond well to description. No problem with delivery.
Easy to use website. Packaging and delivery very very good. Will use again.
Very nice wood, the wood arrived just in a few days and it is better than I expected! the prices are also good. everything perfect.
Brilliant!
Wonderful service, fast and great wood to be used in a few years from now. … very good company!
Easy and fast delivery. Wood was as expected.
Efficient service and good quality wood. Many thanks!
Fantastic wood and fast delivery.
Excellent wood
Perfect Wood!!! Fast delivery!!!!
quick delivery and top quality as usual
Fast delivery,Top website
Only didn’t put a 5* rating due to expense of delivery which made the couple of items I purchased quite expensive.
Due to the fragility of the tonewood we ship our parcel only with premium world wide couriers. They offer us full insurance in case of damage or lost. Anyway we try permanently to push down the shipping price.
Excellent
Great wood but a little bit expensive with the V. A. T
The wood received in good order. It would be nice to have the wedges pre cut or an option to do so.
Carpathian was great to work with.
Express delivery
Excelent service, ultrafast delivery
Transportation costs are rather high.
Thanks for the gift.
Thanks for the comment. We are hard working with ours shipping companies to push down the transportation costs.
Arrived quickly
Brilliant delivery.
Website and product are fantastic. Shipping was a bit expensive, but I understand – shipping things across the world isn’t free.
Straightforward, clear and efficient.
Una atención exquisita. Un trato muy cercano.
Thanks for the bracewood which arrived today, Catalin.
Like your tops it is beautiful wood. Be back for more tops soon .
The wood was delivered very fast for the distance, about 10 days to Mexico City. The customer attention, very good.
Very good quality wood, and a fast delivery! Thanks again! 🙂
This was the first time I have used Carpathian Tonewood. I have to say that I am very pleased with the quality of the wood and the super quick delivery time. I am certain that I will be a return customer. Thank you for the great service.
É a primeira vez que compro tampo de abeto nesta empresa, e estou muito satisfeito com os produtos e com a acessibilidade, bom preço, boa qualidade, recomendo!
He comprado por primera vez maderas a Carpathian, mi satisfacción es enorme. La seriedad de la empresa, el material de una calidad excepcional y el envío, por solo nombrar algunas cosas… Lo más importante ha sido el trato con la Sra. Catalin, por su atención y su profesionalidad.
We are quite satisfied with the tonewood we purchased from Carpathian Tonewood. They are very responsive to questions, and their assistance was invaluable. The wood itself was exactly as described, but do not hesitate to place an order – this is an active store and the piece you want may be sold if you wait too long to decide. Fortunately they have a good inventory of materials so there is usually something suitable available. If you do not see what you desire, make sure you contact them with your requirements. Highly recommended by me and my fellow luthiers. We are already planning our next orders.
I’ve just purchased material for double bass: spruce top, curly maple neck and poplar back and sides.
The quality is really good, and Catalin has been most helpful.
I ll sure work again with you.
Thumbs up for carpathian tonewood
I had a wonderful chance to visit Carpathian Tonewoods and select wood myself! Got five cello neck blanks, big enough for double bass neck grafts. Later I asked the owner, Mr Catalin Murgoci, if he could cut me wood for double bass bassbars and neckblocks. Everything was delivered fast, well packed, very good wood indeed. It was very nice to see where my wood comes from, the magnificent Transylvanian mountains. It was also good to learn how hard work it is to find the best logs, maybe only a few out of thousands are qualified. We luthiers can pick up great wood for a great price from Carpathian Tonewood by internet! But go and select the wood yourself, I can really recommend that!
My first purchase and thank you for the service!