The business has always been a struggleīetween bureaucrats and regulations. It’s been ten years since Scott Mitchen first pulled water soaked logsįrom the bottom of Lake Superior. It rings for a long time, it just has a beautiful resonance to it.” Not like putting any effort into playing it. The top of Power’s violin is carved from ancient spruce, and the bottomĪnd ribs from a wood called curly maple. It’s exactly how Antonio Stradivarius made his violins, and his violins are the best in the world.” And it helps it capture the sound,īetter. “There’s something about wood that’s been submerged in water, thatĮnlarges the cells of the wood. He’s been building with Timeless Timber since 1997, making violins,Īshland Violinist Debra Powers says the water creates magic in a musical The billets, when you quarter the tops out, and you can hold them and rap on “You have some, absolutely wonderful sounding wood. Rings and hollow fibers creates a pine with amazing sound qualities. Wisconsin Company expects to turn our two hundred Timeless TimberĮau Claire Wisconsin violin make Scott Hootman says the tight annual To set the beat for bands like N’Sync, Aerosmith and Rush. Just about everything’s been made thatĬalifornia-based Drum Workshop Inc. Longer in guitars it’s fifty to seventy percent longer. “When dried you have a zillion hollowed out cell walls that act like Preserved, but the wood cells have become hollow. But the real key to the timber Mitchen is harvesting is the Such rings makeīeautiful wood, and might also help create the tone in a wooden musical This slow growth created narrow growth rings. The ancient forests grew slowly, in the shade of a canopy of needles or Mitchen says wood grown today is different from wood grown centuriesĪgo. Go back a hundred to four hundred, five hundred years ago, and use the wood “Every instrument maker and musician alive today wishes they could Most alluring use might be on stage where it makes spectacular Rings make it popular for fine furniture, paneling and floors. HeĬalls the recovered wood Timeless Timber. Sprawling, and dank, manufacturing building in Ashland, Wisconsin. Mitchen’s discovery has grown into a bustling business, now housed in a “This wasn’t meant to go to the bottom and stay there. Were floated outside waterfront sawmills. Thousands of the logs waterlogged and sank as they Several feet across … the remnants of the old growth pine and Superior but found instead a fortune of sunken logs. Ten years ago Mitchen was looking for shipwrecks under Lake Scott Mitchen logs old growth timber, huge red and white pines,Īnd maples that are rarely seen anymore, except on the bottoms ofĪnd lakes. They discover the tone and resonance of water soaked wood. But the hottest demand for the long sunken wood may be from musicians, as Lakes region are finding new life as prized furniture, paneling, cabinets and pictureįrames. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s BobKelleherreports: TranscriptĬentury old logs that have rested on the bottom of lakes and rivers in the Great But the hottest demand for thelong sunken wood may be from musicians, as they discover the tone andresonance of water soaked wood. Century-old logs that have rested on the bottom of lakes and rivers inthe Great Lakes region are finding new life as prized furniture,paneling, cabinets and picture frames.
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