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 My involvement in the use of kauri for soundboards has been a gradual one. It started when I was testing the properties of various native timbers, primarily with the back and sides in mind. I was surprised to find an unusual piece of kauri which was less dense than normal. Testing for tonality revealed it held great promise of becoming a world class soundboard.
After several years and a lot of experimenting and refining the way I build with it, I began to discover its’ true potential. Now I use it exclusively and, although I have built with the finest master grade spruce, my best work continues to be with kauri soundboards.
 Over the last 4 years I have had the privilege of selecting and harvesting a suitable kauri tree for my soundboards. This project has also been documented in a film called Song of the Kauri which is currently in production.
It has been an enormous undertaking but it has provided some of the best kauri for soundboards I could have hoped for and I now have enough stock to offer this wood on all my instruments for some time to come.
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"Thank you 1000000000000 for involving me in your amazing work.
.... the guitar.......oh my god......I simply loved it. There is no better guitar on earth in my experience. I am really quite haunted by it. I miss it, though I played it less than 3 hours. Never felt anything quite like this about a guitar......Haunted..........
You are a magic man Laurie..
Thanks again. I hope our paths will cross and merge in the future.
Un abrazo."
Michael Chapdelaine, Professor of Music
Michael is refering to one of my new generation Tui models with kauri soundboard that he played at the Taste3 conference in 2008
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