Quote Originally Posted by yobuck View Post
There are actually quite a few saw mills in Pa Bob, i dont know where the one who did the bridge timber was located, but from what i heard at the time, that was donated as well.
The same area as those trees came from for that bridge, at one time supplied most of the very tall masts for the worlds large sailing ships.
Nice those old mills still have a place in this world. I have a beautiful custom made walnut banjo that was built in Wisconsin. The luthier has contacts with various farmers and gets first shot at walnut and cherry trees being cut down. He cuts them down himself and then cuts to the lengths he needs. Typically trees along field lines. Som3 of it real old trees. He has a mill that custom cuts the necks and various other sizes and then he stores it 8(!) years in the upper loft of his work garage to dry it just right. THEN he selects and makes the instrument. Ah, I wish I had some of those skills, but I enjoy seeing well crafted wood.
Bob