Wood Stability

[Ken Smith]

We shot about two hours of video but the TV company cut it down to an hour for the cable show (PCN). My accent you say? I have an accent?.. lol..

On the wood, regardless of how it is dried, it must be fully dry before anything is cut. Making smaller pieces in length and width only helps if the wood is stable. Planing out warp is also not a good idea as the wood may continue to 'creep' over time.

If what I/we do was so easy, I would have been out of business a long time ago. It takes great care and patience to make instruments over and over and over again while keeping the quality consistent regardless of the all the temptations to 'speed things up'!