Editing Birch (section)

===Use in musical instruments===
Birch wood is sometimes used as a [[tonewood]] for semiacoustic and [[acoustic guitar]] bodies, and occasionally for solid-body guitar bodies. It is also a common material used in [[Percussion mallet|mallets]] for [[Percussion instrument|keyboard percussion]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} Drum manufacturers, such as [[Gretsch]] and [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]], have been known to use birch wood in the construction of drum shells, owing to its strength and colour which takes stain in an appealing way, and which can also amber over very well, while also giving the drums an appealing tone which changes depending on the type of birch used.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cerra |first=Steve La |date=2022-01-21 |title=A Brief Guide to Drum Tonewoods |url=https://hub.yamaha.com/drums/stage/a-brief-guide-to-drum-tonewoods/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Yamaha Music – Blog |language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:Warszawa Polska 1939 Henryk Poddębski.jpg|thumb|Birch trees in spring in a park in Warsaw, Poland (1939)]]
[[File:Birch tree ishkoman.jpg|thumb|Birch tree forest at Ishkoman, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan]]