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Musical Instruments

1: Bowed Psaltery

Here are some photos of musical instruments that I have made.

1 - Bowed Psaltery

01 bowed psaltery

02 stock used for backs

03 drilling jig for tuning pins

04 bowed psaltery sides frame

05 bowed psaltery soundboard glue up

06 soundboard glued

07 back glued

08 sound board glued

09 trimmed

10 ready to drill tuning pin holes

11 tuning pins holes completed

12 drilling tail pins

13 tail pin drilling template

14 prep for sound hole cut

15 sound hole cut

16 sound board glue up

17 finished bowed psaltery before wiring

18 finished bowed psaltery

Here is a sample of what the bowed psaltery sounds like. . .