Monthly archive for May 2008

Fiery Cocobolo

Thursday, day 8. May 2008

Well, as promised, here are some pictures of the back of the psaltery that I have been working on.
I’ve finally got my new photography tent all set up, and this was one of the very first pictures. I’m still tweaking and perfecting things, so please bear with me. It has always been at the […]

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Custom Bearclaw Tops

Tuesday, day 6. May 2008

I was thinking about Bearclaw Sitka Spruce, and how each one of the tops are completely different from each other. Some have big splotches of figure, others have smaller streaks, and still others have thinner lines and trails of bearclaw figure. Additionally, the figure didn’t seem to continue itself very deeply in the wood, which […]

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All Dressed Up…

Monday, day 5. May 2008

Here is a near-complete psaltery that looks all dressed up. It has black pins, and an ebony bridge and binding. In contrast, it also has light-colored nickel-plated strings and black and white purfling around the binding.
In case you were wondering, this is the (almost) end result of Arielle’s psaltery. All that’s left is to buff […]

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