Dear Michael, I'm a brazilian lute maker and I have hundreds of sets of Brazilian = rosewood, King wood, tulip wood and many other tropical hardwoods. ALL = my wood has been sawned from dead trees and this is a legal and = certified source of wood. I know a lot of instrument makers here and = almost all rosewood in their stocks came from dead trees or recicled = furniture. There are hundreds of dead logs being certified each year and = this is more than sufficient for instrument making around the world.=20
Best, Luciano Faria --
