Helen, you might have trouble finding sound samples of the wenge and rosewood. I think Dave has only made a couple wenge harps, and a handful of rosewood ones. I’ve played a couple rosewood Swans, and I found those a bit thin sounding. I owned a wenge Dusty once, and it had a deep rich sound but with a bit of an edge to it, I liked the bubingas better. Plus the wenge is REALLY heavy.
I’m about to get my eighth Swan, pineapple koa this time. I’ve sold all the other ones, I like to try different woods. If you want a warm and rich sound I think you would like the cherry Swans and the mahogany ones-I had a premium mahogany a couple of years ago that was the best of all. I wish I could direct you to sound samples, but these are rare creatures. Your Serenade is made from mahogany, as are my two Ceilis (one of which is indigo like your Serenade, isn’t that a beautiful color?), so I think you’d really like a mahogany Swan. I also had two walnut Swans, but I liked the mahogany better. Gosh, I sound like a flake, don’t I-can’t make up my mind.
You could try a Google search for Ellen Tepper, I think she plays a walnut Swan.
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