• Lab Notebook from Professor Lloyd Loar's 1943 summer class on musical acoustics at Northwestern University has been transcribed and annotated. The 44 page book includes scans of the original illustrations and it is now available. See The Physics of Music

• H5 Mandola necks, pattern carved, now available in mahogany, plain maple, and curly maple. See necks pricelist.

• H5 Mandola Block Sets. Honduras mahogany blocks sets now available for the H5 mandola. See Ribs and Body Parts pricelist

• Lloyd Loar historical information has been added about his educational background and association affiliations. See Lloyd Loar Background

• Banjo rims: As of January 1, 2008, we are no longer producing banjo rims and will be focusing entirely on mandolin and mandola parts and kits, tools, fixtures, tap tuning equipment, books, and plans. (Banjo necks and neck services are still available.)

• Cardiod dynamic microphone. We have added an excellent German-made cardiod microphone, especially suited for tap tuning (along with associated cables and adapters). See Tap Tuning Equipment

• Gift Certificates are now available (for people you want to give a hint to!). See Gift Certificates

• Improved method for calculating postage costs. We are now using conventional mail-order postage calculation tables making processing of your orders easier and quicker for you and for us! Accessible from each price list page. (No more "XtraPost")

• Document download (free). How to cut V-shaped slots in nuts and saddles with our hardened steel V-shaped needle file. See PDF document downloads.

• Document download (free). How to set up and use the CS100 compressor for tap tuning. See PDF document downloads.

• StroboSoft Deluxe, v2.0. This new updated release has specific functions to support Tap Tuning. See Tap Tuning equipment.

• StroboSoft no longer requires compressor. New tap tuning feature in StroboSoft locks onto to tapped note and no longer requires compressor. See The Art of Tap Tuning virtual content page.

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Nov 16, 2007

• Mother-of-pearl nuts as used on the original F5s and H5s are now in our binding pricelist

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Oct 31, 2007

• Shorter delivery schedule for our "kits." Accelerated workflows enable us to reduce the processing time for our custom component mandolin "kits" to 10 days. See our mandolin "kits"

• Fret Leveling Gauge. We have added a 1" x 12" x 3/16" ground-steel fret leveling gauge to our tools pricelist.

• Another Loar patent has been discovered; US Patent 2,046,332 - see Loar's Patents

• Nut and bridge notch file Triangular needle file, hardened steel, for cutting "V"-shaped notches in bridge saddles as well bone, abalone, and similar nut materials. See tools pricelist

• Pearl inlay files Round and flat needle files, hardened steel, for finishing the sides of pearl and abalone inlay pieces. See tools pricelist

• Updates to Orville Gibson Historical pages on Orville Gibson now contain a bit more detail about his parents background and his death. See Orville Gibson

• H5 mandola assembly fixture has now been added to our tools and fixtures pricelist. See tools pricelist

• De-damping service has been expanded to include 48 hours of mechanical agigation using the Lehmann process. See de-damping service.

• Virzi Tone Producer Labels are now included with our Tone Producer Kits. See soundboard services.

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Aug 31, 2007

• Template and Fixture Drawings. Our latest addition to our ProSeries Drawing sets includes 14 drawings to make the templates and fixtures to be used in conjunction with building an F5 mandoln. See our drawings pricelist.

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July 31, 2007

• Completion Sets for our F5 Mandolin "kits." These sets include our new #301-A machines, tailpiece, bone nut, corner points (2 pcs), ebony end pin, fretwire, ebony filler mix, side position dot stock, and 1/4" diameter pearl dots for the fretboard. Available in nickel or gold hardware. See our binding pricelist.

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Jul 23, 2007

• Additional information for The Art of Tap Tuning has been added to that book's "virtual editorial page."

• Tortoise shell plastic blank stock for fingerrests. See our binding pricelist.

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