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Achievements
Sept 2011 – Gibson, USA, orders FSC-certified African blackwood for Mandolins Division
Sept 2011 – Sinclair and RG Hardie bagpipes, Scotland, receive FSC-certified African blackwood
July 2011- Martin guitars, USA, place order for FSC-certified African blackwood
June 2011 – Martin Doyle, Ireland, announces plans to produce FSC-certified Irish flutes
May / June 2011 – Sound & Fair workshops take place at music colleges across UK
May 2011- Sound & Fair given Outstanding Achievement Award by FSC UK
May 2011 – a range of African blackwood jewellery launched at the Sound & Fair Concert
May 2011 – Sound & Fair Concert with Nicholas Daniel takes place at West Road, Cambridge, UK
April 2011 – Irish Uillean Pipes, UK, receive FSC-certified African blackwood
April 2011 – Peter Beer Guitars, UK, receive FSC-certified African blackwood
April 2011 - Hanson Clarinets commits to 100% FSC production by 2013
April 2011 – Sound & Fair exhibit at Musikmesse 2011 to lobby woodwind manufacturers
March 2011 – Sound & Fair receives FSC license
Feb 2011 – Major harvest of African blackwood and other FSC timbers takes places
Jan 2011 - the world’s first FSC-certified clarinet launched by Hanson
Jan 2011 - Moon Guitars, UK, place order for FSC-certified African blackwood
October 2011 – Mollenhauer recorders, Germany, place order for FSC-certified African blackwood
Sept 2010 – first FSC-certified African blackwood delivered to a woodwind manufacturer
June 2010 – first FSC-certified African blackwood processed at sawmill in Tanzania
March 2010 - Hanson Clarinets, audited and FSC-certified
March 2010 – UK wood importer, Klicksi, audited and FSC-certified
December 2009 – first harvest of FSC-certified African blackwood takes place in Kikole village
October 2009 – Sandali Wood sawmill in Tanga, Tanzania, audited and FSC-certified
March 2009 - first Tanzanian villages audited and FSC-certified