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Bowed Psaltery Plan

Item Number 1360001

Regular price $20.00

This drawing/pattern is a necessary bowed psaltery plan for anyone wanting to build their very own instrument. This full scale size drawing gives exact dimensions, shapes for every psaltery piece, as well as suggestions for woods to use for building this instrument. Building your own instrument can be very rewarding work, so you will certainly be able to put our plan to good use!
 
Technical Notes: Please note: The various wood parts that we offer are appropriate for use with this psaltery plan, but you may find that some dimensions don't match exactly. If you use the wood parts that we sell (the same parts we use in our own shop for building Folkcraft psalteries!) you may find it necessary to adjust this psaltery plan to fit the wood perfectly. The intention of this psaltery plan is to offer you a starting point and a set of guidelines for the instruments you will build.
 
This set of plans is for a 25-string chromatic psaltery which measures about 22 inches in length. This plan is a physical product, printed on paper. It is not currently available as a PDF or download.

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Kelley Tyler
Violin plans

I’ve not started building yet but the plans look sufficient.

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Eric Amundson
Dreadnought Plan

It is a little premature to review dreadnought plans. I have some Cocobolo and killer soundboard wood sized for a dreadnought These plans look pretty spot on from what I've used via Stewmac's herringbone plans (basically same plans), but are $11 less expensive. I just need the bracing layout as a starting point. I have good side bending forms and the molds for a dreadnought. I will vary bridge, brace shape/scallop, headstock shape, etc. I will go with a Martin scale neck/fingerboard fret slotting. I have some other guitars in progress and haven't got to this guitar yet. It's been a while since I've built a dreadnought styled guitar.

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Mr. Mann
It's ok

Not quite for me. Not considerable for actually building a violin to specifics, but it does have measurements. Great for a conversation piece or enthusiast to frame and hang in your library. The notes can be vague and surely could have included helpful information. If you're rebuilding after an apocalypse, it would get you in the ball park, but much like a dinosaur, there's just information missing from know exactly what is what.

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Timothy Kelly (bigtim-4740)

Traditional Hourglass Style Mountain Dulcimer Plan

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John Emary
Plans supplied

The plans I received are helping me finish my hand made Dulcimer. Ty!