On Dec 26, 10:18*am, wrote:
On Dec 26, 12:31*am, Tashi wrote:





On Dec 25, 5:22*pm, Tommy Grand wrote:

Brazilian rosewood is a prized material used in crafting fine
classical guitars. *However, sources of the wood have all but dried up
and luthiers are growing desperate. *I've heard stories of guitars
made out of chopped down castle doors and stolen church pews, to name
a few.

Now plainly, the only materials needed to create rosewood are a seeds,
soil, sunlight, water and time. *You have to wait something like a
thousand years for the tree to grow, which is the whole problem. *With
modern chemical know-how, can't we find a way to speed up whatever
reaction is involved and create some new wood in say, five years? *If
not, tell us whether the barrier is lack of scientific knowledge or
lack of money.

Brazilian rosewood is highly over rated. *I'm more concered about the
fate of East Indian rosewood.

* BTW, I going to Northern India January 27th for 7 weeks, I will be
getting alot of Tibetan spruce to bring back. *I hear it's the best
spruce in the world.
* MT

http://www.tibet.com/Eco/logging.html

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campai...ns-to-deforest...

http://www.musicwood.org/campaign.htm

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Thanks for that! Might I suggest that we all boycott Chinese made
guitars!!! When I bought my sons cello I had the chance to buy a
Chinese made one or a German, I opted for the German one.

The Cultural, Spiritual, and Environmental rape of Tibet by the
Chinese should be condemned, and the guys who import these
instruments should not be supported by our dollars.

MT