Here’s a shot of a psaltery that I’m currently working on:

I still can’t get over how great the rosette looks on this psaltery. It almost looks like a little band of fire inlaid into the Mahogany. I think I may have to try and go back and salvage some more strips from that board and see if I can’t duplicate this rosette again.

The Cocobolo sides appear darker than they actually are, because of shadows. But usually its the opposite, as freshly sanded Cocobolo turns much lighter, and quickly darkens over the course of a few days as it is exposed to air.

I’ve worked with so much Cocobolo over the past few weeks, it starts to worry me. I once heard it said: “there are two types of people in this world: those that are allergic to Cocobolo, and those that will be.” I guess I’ll just enjoy this wood as long as I’m able to, and hopefully I don’t develop a severe allergy to it!