On Mon, May 8, 2006, Christopher Witmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Chris, you dont say if this Japanese luthier resides in Japan or elsewhere, but consider the cost of both thewood and delivery of it.
A collegue at work sold an antique radio receiver on ebay recently, and the buyer was in south korea. It was astonishing how much hassle was involved in shipping it; just meeting the length + girth requirement was difficult enough. Highest grade sitka spruce is not cheap, figured tonewood for the rest of it can easily go $20/bd ft and more. Ebony is getting hard to find at all, and is generally priced by the pound. Perhaps he was thinking of his next lute [design], ie, lots of wood. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
