Radio 4 program about tonewood's for Musical Instruments

[Bogwhoppit]

My wife told me about it today, here is the link to listen again


Enjoy



http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/pip/o7kfb/



Nina Perry takes a musical journey tracing the wood used in making musical instruments back to the forest, from an Irish flute maker and a Los Angeles-based guitarist to the Mpingo Conservation Project in Tanzania.

She learns about the sonorous qualities of different species, the increasing issue of maintaining sustainable supplies and the people who connect the music to the tree.

Contributors include guitarist Laurence Juber, instrument makers Martin Doyle and Martin Bowers, forester Martin Charlton, Scott Paul of the Greenpeace Music Wood Campaign and musicians and craftsmen in South Eastern Tanzania.

[manicguitarist2]

Hippies!
I can't think of a better use of an endangered species of wood than to turn it into a guitar!
Or a nice table.

[Bogwhoppit]

Originally Posted by manicguitarist2

Hippies!
I can't think of a better use of an endangered species of wood than to turn it into a guitar!
Or a nice table.

The way Bio fuel is ripping the enviroment apart, I think we should step in and save all those nice tonewood trees ( now where is my chainsaw )

[JRL]

Originally Posted by Bogwhoppit

Contributors include guitarist Laurence Juber, instrument makers Martin Doyle and Martin Bowers, forester Martin Charlton, Scott Paul of the Greenpeace Music Wood Campaign and musicians and craftsmen in South Eastern Tanzania.

Martin Bowers is one of my tutors!