MIMF

Guess what this dulcimer is made from. Hint, it's domestic, one doesn't have to buy tropical woods to get this quality. https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11891133_10203697577034717_3113073684314352563_n.jpg?oh=226cae39bd44119c2d88ca9ca543d5d8&oe=567E230B https://scontent...

I'm sawing up a holly log today. Hoping to get some nice purfling and binding strips out of the boards this winter. Will be cutting the log into 1/2 inch boards, sealing the ends in paraffin, and drying in the attic of my shop. Its a lot of work, but at the price of holly.....

I've built a walnut guitar with a butternut top and a cherry guitar with a silver maple top. Both sounded very nice. The walnut guitar can be viewed here. http://wildmeadowdulcimers.blogspot.com ... uitar.html

If the cup is a result of flat sawn lumber, the bracing will fix it with no problem. If its with the grain, I'd be calling the supplier.

Finishing an all sassafras dulcimer right now. Second one I've made from this wood. Nice to work with, smells great. FoxFire iii has good instructions for a traditionally built one, if I remember right, Jean Ritchie's Dulcimer People has instructions.

After 11 years, I'm finally building again. Here is my first effort, number 151