A profile of a musician who makes guitars from the old-growth forest that he's decided to protect in perpetuity. Read the full description.
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Jan Burda (BIRD-ah) loves wood... whether it's a towering beech tree in his old growth forest? the wood he burns to heat his long cabin and will soon burn in the energy-efficient house he's building? or a downed cherry tree that he uses to make his guitars. In fact, Burda loves wood - and his woods in southwest Michigan - so much that he?s decided to protect it from development?forever. Producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister have this profile of Jan Burda - guitar maker, performer, teacher and woodsman. 6:30 music Our profile on Jan Burda was produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister for Long Haul Productions
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