Musical instrument manufacturers generally do not ask detailed questions about the conditions under which the wood they buy has been harvested, processed and transported.
In the absence of any legislation forcing such thinking, voluntary ethics have been conspicuous by their absence.
The Lacey Act, quite simply, is a game changer.
Now US manufacturers that operate opaque, third-party brokered supply chains risk seeing armed Federal agents seizing wood from their manufacturing plants. (more…)










