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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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Alex Hardy (aha9137_jrhmpxty30)
Baritone Uke plan

These plans look good, but they don't correspond with my bending forms or my mold. Therefore, I am unable to use them. Make sure that they will work with your mold, or plan to build your own. I'd really like my money back, to be honest.

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Sampson Lough
Plans for hour glass Dulcimer

These are great plans right to the T easy to use, but when I buy a plan, I would like to sell a couple dulcimer off of that plan and they don’t want you to. Big commercial sellers I can see that but this backyard feller like me sell maybe one or two Would be good

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Alan Keehn
Tenor ukulele plan

The plans are excellent. I enjoyed making hour glass dulcimers from your plan and thought I'd try something different. The plans are clear and fairly easy to understand. I haven't started yet, but am looking forward to the build.

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Dan
Tuning pegs/gears

I bought this set of plans and have started my build. I curious as to what turners you recommend for it . I noticed that the is a big selection on your web page. I will update this review at the completion of my build.

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Gary Flood
OM Cutaway Drawing

The drawing itself is fine, drawn to full scale, the down side is it has a limited number of views on a single page. I would prefer to have a scale taper drawing showing the view of the side in pre-bent also a separate top and back brace view. In past guitar drawings I have received an electronic PDF file so that I can print multiple copies and use them physically cut the drawing to assemble things like bending fixtures, patterns for body sides or neck profile. That said the drawing will provide what I need to build to it's dimensions.