My partner and I live on 40 wooded acres, along Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy shore. Twice daily, the world's highest tides rise up and down over 50 feet, ensuring a refreshing climate and somehow eliminating those nasty mosquitoes and black flies. Our woods are full of Red Spruce, Curly Maple and Ash; three of the essential woods for luthiers. I personally select most of my trees, cutting and splitting the logs into instrument blanks. Each piece is then air-dried for several years before the final drying in a solar-kiln.more...See more text
