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My involvement in the use of kauri for soundboards has been a gradual one. But over the years it has become my soundboard par excellence. That is, when I could get hold of it!
I currently offer two choices of kauri soundboard.
Waingarara Kauri
 In 2006 I was given the opportunity to select my very own kauri tree in a private forest. Processed and air dried, this timber now forms the bulk of my tonewood for all future instrument soundboards.
 The project has also been documented in a film called Song of the Kauri which is shortly to be released.
Paraoanui Kauri
In early 2010, I recovered a small kauri sinker. From the stamps on the butt it was felled between 1850 and 1950. It yielded a small amount of tonewood large enough for guitars, and some more for mandolin/violins. More on this wood 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 referring to one of my new generation Tui models with Waingarara Kauri soundboard that he played at the Taste3 conference in 2008
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