We told him what we thought about the instrument, and he felt the same way. Usually, once you break them in, they get even mellower and richer, so we really want to keep in touch, to hear it once in awhile, and maybe take it apart and look at it. There's a good chance. I think it was a real nice, tight grain of wood that we used on the sounding board. It's hard to say.
Wood is a material that's never the same.
Even within certain species, there are hard pockets and soft pockets. Our instruments come with a lifetime warranty. They're truly unique. You look close, and even within a single model, they're all unique. We've changed a lot.