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    DELORAINE STRINGFEST 2020

    Dec 12, 2019 6 minutes
    WORDS BY PETER HODGSON

    Luthiers know that some of the world’s finest tonewoods for the guitar come from Australia’s oft-ignored haven of Tasmania. Tasmanian blackwood is particularly revered, but the entire state is home to beautiful tonewoods salvaged or sustainably harvested by local professionals that are fascinated with the art and craft of guitar-making – and with a great respect for the land.

    And while many of those timbers find their way into guitars the world over, many stay right at home in Tasmania to be crafted into instruments by Tasmanian luthiers and played onstage by Tasmanian players. Stringfest is a celebration of those Tasmanian timbers, luthiers and music, taking place in the town of Deloraine from April 17th to the 29th. Artistic director Nick Weare has a resume packed with work in the arts: he’s worked at the Film and Sound Archive, in radio and in the music industry for most of his life (and is a

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