Re: (Fwd) Re: Sources of wood.

36 86 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rivolta > Italien > http://www.riwoods.com/home.asp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rudolf Bachmann > I 39030 Antholz > http://www.bachmann-guitars.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 0039 047-44 92 349 > > > Datum:Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:45:55 -

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:Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Betreff: Sources of wood. > > How do lute makers get the special wood they need? > > Are there retail suppliers? Do they use personal contacts? Do they cut > down trees themselves? Is it common for makers to be uncommunicative &g

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Antholz http://www.bachmann-guitars.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0039 047-44 92 349 Datum: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:45:55 -0500 (CDT) An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Von:Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Betreff: Sources of wood. > > How do

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Herbert wrote: > > I've seen pictures of an outdoor lot where Steinway ages its lumber. > > I wonder whether they're interested in drying the wood, since there's no > roof to keep the rain off. That I can not say. But since pianos, being percussion instruments and not plucked string instrument

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I've seen pictures of an outdoor lot where Steinway ages its lumber. I wonder whether they're interested in drying the wood, since there's no roof to keep the rain off.

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do a search on various combinations of 'lumber,' 'lutherie,' 'hardwoods,' etc., you'll be amazed by how many options will pop up. There are a number of suppliers that specialize in lutherie woods. Here are a few that i've stored in my favorites: http://www.exoticwoods.com/ http://www.randl

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Also, you might check out Gilmer Wood Co. www.gilmerwood.com/ . I get quarter rived Sitka Spruce from them. They wil resaw it for you. It has always been vary high quality stuff. Craig Another Era Lutherie www.anotherera.com Steve Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Herb, What others have ment

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Herb, What others have mentioned is accurate. In addition, those who build are always on the lookout for different sources. Recently, I've seen someone on ebay advertising bookmatches sets of wood suitable for use as lute ribs. They show up once in a while when doing a search on 'lute' in

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Herbert wrote: > > How do lute makers get the special wood they need? > > Are there retail suppliers? Do they use personal contacts? Do they cut > down trees themselves? Is it common for makers to be uncommunicative > about this? There are lumber yards that sell tonewoods and various other wo

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In the US, some folks will use big shops like Luthiers Mercantile: . Not specifically lute, but a very knowledgeable tonewood supplier of some repute in the US is Bruce Harvie of Orcas Island Tonewoods: ; he seems quite open to discu

Sources of wood.

How do lute makers get the special wood they need? Are there retail suppliers? Do they use personal contacts? Do they cut down trees themselves? Is it common for makers to be uncommunicative about this? Does the wood have to be aged, kilned, or otherwise treated? If so, who does that?