Viva fui in silvis (I was alive in the wood) Sum dura Occisa (I was cut by the cruel axe) Securi dum vixi tacui (In life I was silent) Mortua dolce cano (In death I sweetly sing)
While they last-- THE authoritative resource: a collection of scientific papers on guitar acoustics by the world's greatest acousticians and physicists!--which I co-edited. The collected 7 issues of the Journal of Guitar Acoustics, which ceased publication in 1982. Click on the image to purchase.