On April 18, 2020 my friend Colin Cripps sent me a message. It went something like this,
‘Hi Konrad, hope all is well! I was thinking, I still have some of the Silver maple from the ‘Maple Leaf Forever’ tree which was used to build the acoustic and electric guitars I commissioned in 2014. If you are interested in a piece to use in a plane, I'd be happy to give you some.’
My friend Tom Bartlett (and incredible electric guitar maker) made the electric for Colin, and had told me about this special wood as he was working on it.