Quote from Hamilton Caswell, who recently liquidated his entire stock of bows - "... if the November CITES conference decide to lift Pernambuco wood from Appendix 2 into Appendix 1, it would make all pernambuco wood and all pernambuco wood bows (however old) illegal to sell to anyone. This would wipe out the investment of musicians, collectors, dealer, suppliers and bow makers at a stroke.