The Morning Sentinel interviewed Bob Rice, a professor emeritus of wood physics and bioenergy at the University of Maine, about a woodworking company in Newport, Maine. The Newport Vic Firth Co., now owned by the Avedis Zildjian Co., produces about 5 million pairs of drumsticks per year through a unique partnership of Firth’s tone-pairing process read more Morning Sentinel interviews Rice about Newport woodworking company