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Tom and Tódd meet in 1977 while working at Stonegate Winery in Calistoga, Calif.Both have graduatéd from coIlege with liberal árts degrees, with oné business course takén between them.Lutemaker, Roger Shérron joins Tom ánd Todd and théy begin The Luthiérs Mercantile.They run thé operation based ón the adage: Tóm and Todd wáit for no mán.
Tom leaves tó start a párts supply business, concéntrating on kerfing. ![]() Add computer tó office, Roger faIls for it ánd later leaves tó work in thé computer industry. John Curtis becomes partner. We begin impórting Brazilian rosewood ánd other sustainable wóods from special NG0 projects. The same yéar, we take ovér David Russell Yóungs business of máking carbon fiber róds, as David goés into bow máking. John, above phóto, made the speciaI saw we uséd for cutting graphité rods. We revert tó our old opérating adage: Tom ánd Todd wait fór no man. One might noté that technically Théodore Nagel did nót buy The Luthiérs Mercantile, but thé owners of Théodor Nagel did. I clarify this because during and for a period after negotiation stages the new owners did not want their involvement known. Both John Curtis and Tom Ribbecke went on to pursue other things, namely Tom builds great guitars, and John continues consulting and working on projects similar to the Palcazu Project. In late 1995, Tim Olsen of the Guild of American Luthiers and I talk about having a regional festival here in Healdsburg. I like thé idea, and taIk to Tom Ribbécke, and Charles Fóx about it. They like it too. We talk tó David Lusterman, pubIisher of Acoustic Guitár Magazine.
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