The
"Song of the Wood"
Workshop
I have been
designing and crafting primarily Hammer Dulcimers for
over 30 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 at: INFO@SONGOFTHEWOOD.COM
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.
