Meadowlark  Audio  - Handmade in the USA
How we make the world's finest speakers!

After nature grows Cherry, Walnut, Mahogany and Ash trees, they are harvested and milled, then procured by our lumber suppliers who carefully dry it in their kilns, a slow process that takes several months. We look forward to our regular trips along the rural back roads that wind into the hilly woodlands here in our remote part of the country, where a few small, second generation family businesses are operated close to the source of their raw materials.

Most of our hardwoods, with the exception of our Honduran Mahogany, are local native species that we buy “in the rough”, which means that, rather than being smoothly surfaced, they are very coarsely sawn, just they way they came from the sawmill.

Lakeshore Hardwoods Sign

 The challenge for Pat and Lucinda, seen here choosing individual boards, is to select just the right stock for making speakers. Often, when a particularly pretty tree is available, we buy the lot.

The board in Pat’s hands is a beautifully figured hunk of Curly Maple that he has selected to fill a waiting customer’s order. You are about to see it turned into a totally unique pair of Blue Heron 2s.

Brian, owner of Lakeshore Hardwoods, tallies our lot