violin

In the lake behind the BRC workshop, our Research & Development  team initiated a pilot study to treat banjo rim-shaped  cuttings of local timber with submersion to potentially develop a novel line of hydro-aged lumber. This natural process, known for producing hardened and resonant wood for musical instruments, was expected to potentially cultivate a fertile material resource for future BRC banjos pots and other emerging markets. Modern evidence strongly supports that master violin maker Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) chemically manipulated the woods he used in making his celebrated instruments, but it is unknown whether he submerged the wood in the Po River that runs through Cremona, Italy, where he lived and worked. Unbeknownst to our feckless R&D innovators, their immersion project was situated in the middle of a colony of turtles.  Because of the underestimated ecological impact of this feasibility study, the R&D project was abandoned.