Trees • Craft • Music
Pacific Rim Tonewoods is a specialty sawmill that has been supplying wood to the makers of fine musical instruments-…
Pacific Rim Tonewoods
Trees • Craft • Music
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100 Figured Maples Project
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) is a native hardwood tree found west of the Cascade mountain range. Maple typically has…
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Spruce Soundboard Research
RESEARCH NEWS Pacific Rim Tonewoods has partnered with Taylor Guitars to produce a unique research study on the grading of…
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Profile: Kevin Burke
Hi, I am Kevin Burke. My wife and I live in Bellingham, where we raised our two beautiful daughters,…
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The Queen’s Walnut
PRT recently bought a highly figured walnut tree that had been growing on Phyllis Queen’s family farm for over 90…
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A beautiful friendship
Karl Strauss Brewery, Taylor Guitars, and Pacific Rim Tonewoods: bringing music, maple, and great beer together. Music To Our…
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Local business depends on global trade
“We love to use local woods and products, and we love to make local jobs, but the world is…
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Utopia on KING5 news
“In a town best known for its long-gone concrete plant, some music lovers are hoping to make Concrete better…
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Paniolo at Haleakala Ranch
Paniolo Tonewoods has been working with Haleakala Ranch and Native Nursery on Maui to selectively harvest and to propogate koa.…
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Loganita Wheat: Tiny Trees
Steve McMinn’s wife has a theory: Steve is interested in wheat and other grains because the stalks are like…
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Radiolab podcast on trees
http://pacificrimtonewoods.com/wp-content/uploads/radiolab_podcast16trees.mp3 “From Tree to Shining Tree” explores how trees and fungi share resources and communicate through what’s called…
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Profile: Brian Sweeney
My name is Brian Sweeney and I have a log and mill career spanning 21 years. In 1998,…
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Lutz Spruce and “hybrid vigor”
by Dr. Dave Olson The wood of the spruce tree has been valued for centuries as an ideal soundboard…
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Koa
Koa is an acacia tree native to Hawaii. It has traditionally been used for canoes, surfboards, and guitars. Although…
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TMT
Thermal modification of tonewood (TMT) is an exciting new development in the guitar world. TMT uses a specialized kiln…
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Wood & Steel
PRT’s work with maple was recently featured in Wood & Steel, the magazine for Taylor Guitars. Volume 81/Winter 2015.…
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Profile: Justin El-Smeirat
I started working at Pacific Rim Tonewoods in the Winter of 2010, as a second job in between fire…
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Utopia: Future Thinking
Utopia is an area mid-river in the Skagit Valley. It was once the site of a utopian community, which didn’t…
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A Tree Point of View (Video)
Steve McMinn and Pacific Rim Tonewoods are featured in this documentary from our friends at Fretboard Journal.
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The Spruce Division
Darius Kinsey was a highly skilled and dedicated photographer of early 20th centuty life and industry in the Pacific…
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Taylor made for maple
Acoustic Magazine – Taylor made for Maple February 12, 2015
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Music & Clean Water
At PRT, we envision a future that encompasses reforestation, energy and material efficiencies, and continued support of land conservation…
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Carving Music out of Northwest Trees, KUOW
Carving Music Out Of Northwest Trees, By Sarah Waller May 29, 2013
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Resonant Properties of Finer vs Wider Grained Sitka Spruce
Each tree expresses its life uniquely. Soil, sun, rain, wind and forest environment all affect how a tree grows…
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Northwest Business Monthly Business Profile
Northwest Business Monthly Business Profile (PDF, 698 KB) September 2011