A good plan to avoid it taking on water - a bit of the old wax and varnish! But the softness of it makes me think it'll make a bad violin based on the tension element (see IC post for rambling!) So I think we're going with the hardwood... if I can soften it temporarilly. I feel like using Shape Wood is cheating, though...
Excellent.
Also, prohibitively expensive! Aiden will have to do everything else first; and then perhaps use a single adamantine chisel he borrows or something, and take a penalty!