Thomas Bednark was one of the Guild’s earliest members. Today he focuses on making baseball bats.
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In Memoriam: Ray Tunquist
2017
AL#130 p.60 read this article
Tom Bednark
▪ Tunquist ran the huge circular saw on which most of the wood for Martin guitars was cut in the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. He is remembered by Tom Bednark, an early GAL member.
Letter to the Editor: passing of Raymond Elwood Tunquist
2014
AL#117 p.5
Tom Bednark
▪ Raymond Tunquist, sawyer of Brazilian, Indian, Rosewood, Mahogany, and Ebony for many noted guitar makers, passed away on November 7th 2010 at age 93 in New York.
Letter to the Editor: passing of Raymond Elwood Tunquist 11-7-2010
2011
AL#107 p.3
Tom Bednark
▪ Remembering Raymond Elwood Tunquist, age 93 of New York, a skilled sawyer and WWII pilot.