On 03/24/2014 11:57 AM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote:
Hello,
I own a vihuela made by Luciano Faria in 2006. Unfortunately, its back
and sides are made from Brazilian Rosewood, and the previous owner had
lost the accompanying documentation, and I was not aware of CITES
regulations at
Carrying that instrument across international borders that enforce
those regulations will be difficult, if not impossible.
On Mar 24, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Tobiah wrote:
On 03/24/2014 11:57 AM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote:
Hello,
I own a vihuela made by Luciano Faria in 2006. Unfortunately,
Well, I can use it as much as I like, as long as I don't take it across
the border. As far as I understood, CITES is concerned only with
international import/export... But, if I decide to travel with it and
get... hmmm... caught, the instrument will be confiscated and, likely,
On 03/24/2014 12:29 PM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote:
Well, I can use it as much as I like, as long as I don't take it across
the border. As far as I understood, CITES is concerned only with
international import/export...
Interesting. How do they determine that the wood is actually
one
What a world, where government officials will destroy a musical
instrument of beauty and quality sound because they think, somehow,
this will stop people from cutting down the same variety of tree in
another country...
Has anyone noticed how much good the confiscation and
On 24/03/2014 12:40 PM, Tobiah wrote:
On 03/24/2014 12:29 PM, Dmitry Medvedev wrote:
Well, I can use it as much as I like, as long as I don't take it
across
the border. As far as I understood, CITES is concerned only with
international import/export...
Interesting. How do they
I think there is an official catalog of CITES species with short
descriptions and photos. It is of course basically useless in case of
wood, which can be quite diversely colored. It could pass as Indian
Rosewood, I suppose, but I really don't want to find out...
On Mon, Mar 24,
Interesting decision tree (if you'll excuse...)
So if your lute has no CITES woods in it, and you don't have
documentation to that effect, you still lose your instrument?
I know that EU has been voracious in preventing non-EU providers from
selling organs or organ pipes into EU by outlawing and
On 03/24/2014 12:53 PM, William Brohinsky wrote:
What a world, where government officials will destroy a musical
instrument of beauty and quality sound because they think, somehow,
this will stop people from cutting down the same variety of tree in
another country...
Has anyone noticed how much
I didnt know Luciano went out of business. I bought an archlute from him in
2005 and it has been sitting in its case since 2006 because it buzzes. He told
me he had a license to export Brazilian rose wood, but I am pretty sure I
didnt get any certificate myself. Maybe the customs just kept
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