Monthly archive for July 2008

Easy as ABC

Friday, day 25. July 2008

With all of the wood that is being added to the treasure trove, finding the perfect sound and look for your next custom bowed psaltery will be as easy as ABC. Or should I say, Ash, Bubinga, and Chechen! The pictures above are: Curly Ash, Flamed Bubinga, and Figured Chechen; all of which are available […]

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Cocobolo and Spirals

Wednesday, day 23. July 2008

For this custom bowed psaltery, I just couldn’t resist taking a few pictures. There were just too many details. The first picture is of the top, which is made of Honduran Mahogany and also has a circular inlay of Musk Burl, which can be seen a little clearer in a previous post. The binding and […]

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Resawing Boards for the Treasure Trove

Friday, day 18. July 2008

Every once in a while, I get stuck on only finishing or stringing psalteries, and if I keep at it too long, it starts to get a little too tedious. Today was just such a day, and I knew that somehow, I needed to make some serious sawdust.
So, I decided to tap into my lumber […]

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Stringing a Bowed Psaltery

Monday, day 14. July 2008

I took this picture while I was in the middle of stringing a bowed psaltery. With ball-end strings, this is a fairly straight-forward affair. All the tools that are needed are a needle-nose pliers and a tuner. I also use a contact mic clipped somewhere onto the psaltery to increase the tuner’s response and accuracy.
Also, […]

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Canarywood Bowed Psaltery

Monday, day 7. July 2008

I’ve finally got the chance to use some incredibly figured Canarywood for a bowed psaltery. I had listed a couple of back/side sets in the Treasure Trove several months ago, and was surprised that no one had yet chosen to use them on a custom psaltery. (Though several people had expressed interest.)
In the above picture […]

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