This instrument is for a special long term customer who really wanted her ukulele to have a good story behind the wood. Unfortunately, no single piece here is more interesting than usual, but the instrument does a good job of illuminating what I do: the daily process of collecting, storing, drying, selecting, processing and transforming this precious wood. Without this careful labor, it would just be a pile of rough boards and THAT is the best story of all. The western red cedar cedar top is salvaged from siding from the rebuilding center. The walnut back and sides is from the shorts bin at Goby in Portland. The African mahogany neck is salvaged from a local building project. The pistachio is from California orchards. It has remarkable warmth and sustain, but still sounds punchy enough to sound like a uke! Now these boards are ready to tell a musical story in Cinda’s hands!