
The
"Song of the Wood" Workshop!
I've
pretty much wrapped up the year in the Workshop. I am, however, still in
the final stages of finishing, adjusting and readying for shipment 6 or 7 Grande
Concertmasters and a couple of Concertmasters. As usual I am very excited
about what the new year will bring. God has blessed my work and life
beyond anything I deserve and I am exceedingly grateful. I look forward to
spending my every waking hour working hard for Him and His Glory in 2010.
Walking minute by minute with our Creator is exhilarating and humbling. My
prayer for you ... is to Know Him.
I have been
designing and crafting primarily Hammer Dulcimers for
over 33 years now. I started building
in a basement workshop I set up in a house I rented back in the early 70's.
The house sat on 3 acres of land with streams in both the front and back yard.
I drove a little Toyota Corolla station wagon I had traded for a Hammer
Dulcimer, heated the house with
wood and paid the "outrageous" sum of $60 a
month for rent (for 5 years!). I was forced to move my workshop to my
showrooms present location in the summer of 1980 when I couldn't afford to buy the
house .
They were asking $20,000 and I couldn't imagine borrowing that
much money. It's ironic but, after moving out, I ended up investing
$10,000 in my first recording "The Strayaway
Child." That turned out to be a far "wiser" decision.
Not "my" wisdom ... I might add!
About 10 years ago, after a long
and delightful journey, I realized a long-held dream ... to get my
workshop ... "back home." My
workshop is now just a few steps
outside my front door ... up through the Rhododendron and Oaks.
If you are headed to the
Blue
Ridge Mountains and the Asheville/Black Mountain area and would like to visit my
musical instrument workshop, it's only a short 20 minute drive from the
showroom. There is a good chance I can accommodate a visit if you
call and make an appointment in advance. I enjoy giving tours of my shop and
sharing my experiences with wood, acoustics, tools and instrument making. I
certainly don't know everything about these subjects but I love discussing ...
and ... I've learned some very
interesting things from my guests. So ... please ... don't be a
stranger!




Give me a call if you have the time, and
see a real musical instrument design studio and workshop in action.
If the conversation calls for it, we'll take the discussion out to the
deck. That's where I do some of my best thinking (if you can call it
that!).
If you have questions, need more information,
or would like to place an order, please . . .
E-mail us:
Here.
Call or fax us at: 828-669-7675
Visit or write us at: Song of the Wood
203 West State Street
Black Mountain, NC 28711
Or fill out the form on our Order Page.