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Hey all, I've received a call from a woman who's husband ( and former student of Somogyi ) has recently passed, and she's looking to find anyone interested in purchasing his tonewood hoard. It appears he had intentions of building a fair amount more than he had time for here, and she's been calling around to folks hoping for some interest to no avail, so I told her I'd post here for her...She has had another local luthier compile a fair…

Hi Loothgroup. Cascadia Lutherie Supply is moving to a smaller shop and we need to reduce inventory - fast! We are offering a 40% discount to all Loothgroup members on all items posted on our website www.cascadiacanada.com Use the code LOOTH40OFF at checkout to receive your discount. The sale runs until Sunday Feb 8th Grab what ever Tonewood, parts, and tools you need - so we don't have to move them. Cheers Darcy

I will tag @member for this question. I hope you are ok with that. Is it of any use, to use the deflection measurement from for tonewood before building? To determine the basic deflection/stiffness for the selection of the tonewood.

I'm having trouble getting my mic to work with REW. I'm at the beginning of a new build and would like to measure the tonewood properties. I am trying to follow Giuliano's instructions in his book. everything seems to be working but they don't talk to each other. I think its a calibration or pc setting but I'm not very computer savvy and what seems to go without saying needs to be said to me in step by step, very simple language. I…

If anyone is interested, I've been keeping a rolling list of suppliers...mostly tonewood. Other stuff when I remember to add it. I'm mostly trying to add stuff that is legit and has been recommended to me by at least someone, so some stuff I've left off if I've heard significant complaints. I have definitely not ordered from all of these places. Stuff in red has been highly recommended to me at some point. If you have something to recomm…