WOOD SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS A WORLD OF PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
The 7th Biennial Wood Summit, organized and hosted by C. F. Martin & Co., brought together tonewood suppliers, supply chain consultants, conservation organizations, and government officials from the United States and Canada to review the current state of sourcing sustainable raw materials—specifically the exotic tonewoods from which Martin Guitar handcrafts guitars. But like the definition of sustainable, the Biennial Wood Summit—held June 11, 2019, at the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center in Nazareth—expanded to encompass far more than how to maintain supplies of these rare woods. In wide-ranging presentations and panel discussions, the Wood Summit tackled issues such as forest management, wood source relationships,
BY MARSHALL NEWMAN
sustainable certification, chain of custody documentation, regulatory matters, and alternative tonewood options. A presentation early in the day by Mitchell Nollman, Martin Guitar’s Vice President of Global Marketing & Sales, showed tonewood sustainability to be more important than ever. While the compound annual growth in musical
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