# Supplier RFQ Scaffold

This RFQ is intentionally incomplete until the reference DXF/CAD and string
schedule exist.

## Quote Request

Request prototype pricing and availability for the following non-final items:

- Reference-member soundboard blank stock suitable for a board zither study.
- Rim and end-block stock for a high-tension plucked zither test article.
- Bridge template material for repeated bridge-corridor and foot-contact checks.
- Individual strings or string sets with documented gauges and tension data.
- Humidity/temperature logger and crown/deflection measurement tooling.

## Vendor Instructions

- Do not treat concept images as dimensional drawings.
- Quote from reviewed DXF/CAD or measured template only.
- Flag any stock substitution that changes stiffness, grain, or load behavior.
- Provide tension or material data sheets where available.

## Missing Before Final RFQ

- Reviewed `GUZ-REF-21` DXF/CAD.
- Soundboard species and target thickness map.
- String gauge and tuning plan.
- Final end-block and rim joinery.