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Evidently used in guitar making to yield a better tone? Way I understand it, the wood is dried in a vacuum kiln, heat to near burning temps. Gives maple a nice golden brown color. This to take out all moisture and sugars, making "aged" wood so to speak.

Any of the guitar players here know of the process?

Reason I ask is that now cue shafts are being sold using wood that has gone through this process. Called "Keilwood". Some saying "The best shaft I've played with". I've seen many "ultimate" shafts come and go...laminated shafts in various laminations, shafts made from old bowling alley lanes, birds eye maple shafts, carbon fiber shafts, you name it. All claiming to be "low deflection". reducing the amount the cue ball path gets deflected when left or right english is applied.

I'm kind of reluctant to lay out $400 for a shaft...but the wood process sounds interesting.