NANAO, Ishikawa Prefecture—U.S. engineer Jonathan Knight spent five years perfecting his fusion of audio gear and Wajima lacquerware here. Hailing from Florida, Knight, 58, loves listening to music.

Jonathan C. Knight received the Ph.D. degree from Cape Town, and did the Postdoctoral Research with the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, and the University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. He ...

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