Monthly archive for February 2008

High-Gloss Psaltery

Thursday, day 28. February 2008

I took this picture right after buffing out the back of a Cocobolo bowed psaltery I am working on. As you can see from the reflection, the light bulb is a Sylvania.

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Sick as a dog

Thursday, day 21. February 2008

Well, I’ve been sick with either the flu, or a really bad cold for most of this week. Consequently, I haven’t been able to finish any psalteries lately, but there are plenty of them on the horizon.
For now, since I am mostly bedridden, (or sometimes “office-chair-ridden”), I decided to make a little slideshow to […]

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Another Safari

Wednesday, day 13. February 2008

A while back I had a few psalteries for sale that I had called “Safari” because of their somewhat wild looks. Here’s another addition to that collection.
As you can see from the picture, it is made of beautiful Zebrawood. The sides are also solid Zebrawood, versus the veneered sides on my previous psalteries.
Note also the […]

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A Little Baby…

Monday, day 11. February 2008

Here’s my newest toy: it’s a little baby 4″ table saw. (With a tube of ChapStick to show the size.)
I got this small saw to help me cut the bindings for all of my bowed psalteries. A full sized tablesaw seemed too big and wasteful, and a bandsaw still gave me fairly rough cross-cuts.
So now, […]

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How ’bout Blue?

Friday, day 8. February 2008

Well, maybe I get bored easily, but I always like to try new things. Here you see a Quilted Maple back of a psaltery that has been tinted blue. I think this one will definitely carry the “Atlantis” name-badge.
I’m not too big of a fan of the artificial look, but it was an interesting exercise. […]

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