He has performed as a solo artist and with orchestras around the world. The cost is mainly a matter of material and craftsmanship. Woods such as Baltic pine, ebony, and rosewood are expensive and delicate.
Craftsmen first make the body, then determine if it meets standards of a classical concert guitar.
Any waste of time or materials along the way contributes to the cost. He imported the CAD solid model into Superdraw III, Algor's finite element model building tool, and created a mesh of plate elements. The material properties were provided partly by engineers studying abroad, but also determined through a combination of physical and virtual testing. The procedure calls for simple physical tests that produce a measurable displacement. The engineer models the physical test in the software and analyzes the model.