Tim’s “Celtic” Psaltery



Bowed Psaltery Spruce Celtic Knot RosetteHere you can see a bowed psaltery that I just finished stringing. It has a bookmatched Sitka Spruce top with a Celtic knot style rose, along with a ring of burled walnut to border it. The trim and bridge is Black Walnut, and the back and sides are Curly Maple.

And I just had to include a shot of the finished rear soundhole. It is rimmed with Cocobolo. Just as a follow up, you can see what it looked like before it was finished in this post.Bowed Psaltery Cocobolo Rear Soundhole Curly Maple


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