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I thought you might find this video interesting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlj9cbvqko4

EDIT: Also a video from the same channel of the making of a Santur, a relative of the hammered dulcimer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pKDmKz9atQ

Looks good!

Great work!

+1 for hide glue. The reversibility will be very useful for a first instrument, and of course is necessary for any repairs on any instrument.

Looking good so far and look forward to seeing more.

Here's another one I built:

and here's how it sounds in the customer's hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phZBCwOfxas

Thank you for the reply. Now that you mention it I can see that two of the ribs are left wider. I just noticed too that this is a fretless instrument, correct? As I mentioned in your dutar post, I'm looking for the right time to start making a dombra. I ordered a book from a fellow in Kazakhstan, b...

This was a custom order. A wood-top banjo (left-handed and with all strings the same length, not a short 5th string):

Here are 3 vihuelas (aka vihuela de mano, viola da mano) of 2 different designs which I've built this year so far for customers. For those unfamiliar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihuela

Looks great! And thank you for posting the build photos. I have questions: Are all the ribs cut to the same profile? Including the outermost two (next to the top)? How do you shape the joint surfaces between the ribs? I see the sandpaper taped to the bench and plane in the vise. Some use of those I...

Thank you! What are the woods? You're welcome :). The woods used are as follows: The soundboard is German/Alpine Spruce. The body, pegbox and bridge are Field Maple and Leopardwood. The neck is Spruce (not sure of exact species) veneered with Sapele. The fingerboard is Leopardwood. The pickguard an...

Here's some sound and video samples using the non-traditional all-fourths tuning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwjwUWG0eW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOzkPIyZT10 And here's a sound and video sample using the traditional re-entrant tuning, which I'm not so used to: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

...and then several thin layers of shellac, you know the drill...

And here are the progress pictures, in order. Hopefully it's all self-explanatory but feel free to ask any questions you may have.

I finished this instrument about a month ago now. It's an oud arbi, which is a traditional type of oud from North-west Africa (it's played mainly in Morocco, Tunisia and Alergia). It has 4 courses instead of the 6 courses of the standard oud (also called oud sharqi, meaning eastern oud for compariso...

Bob Howell wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:36 pm I have read about a number of bowls harps. Even a guy, Tony in England says its his idea and no one else can make one.

Nobody tell him about those medieval instruments then!

That is wonderful! Color me impressed. I'd like to see a close up of the rose carving. Thanks everyone for your kind words. It's already gone to the customer, so I can't take any new pictures of it, but here is a picture of the same rose design which I carved on a renaissance mandore: https://i.img...