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 supply, and start sawing up some of the boards in my collection to be put into the Treasure Trove – destined to become parts of a bowed psaltery someday.

To the left you can see one such board: a piece of quartersawn, curly and spalted Mango – to be used as soundboards. Basically, resawing a board involves cutting a board down its length, with its side standing up on edge. This results in getting a sequence of thinner boards that all look virtually identical, which can then be bookmatched to form either tops or backs of bowed psalteries.

Look for a lot of exciting and eye-popping wood to be added to the Treasure Trove in the next week or two. Soon will be a very good time to place a special order and get your first pick on the new pieces!