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BOWED PSALTERIES

All of these Bowed Psalteries are Signature Series instruments.  This means that they all have inlays, binding and 18 coats of lacquer.  (The Standard Psalteries have no inlays or binding and have 6 coats of lacquer – it takes about a week for the finishing process on the Standard Psalteries and about a month for the Signature Series.  Hence, the difference in price.)  All of the Bowed Psalteries come with the “package” (see below).

PLUCKED PSALTERIES

The Plucked Psalteries shown below are the Plucked Signature Series.  The Standard Plucked Psalteries are made from solid oak frames and oak plywood tops and backs.(See Instruments – Plucked Psaltery page on this website)  (These are the only instruments for which I use plywood.  The reason for this is to keep the price down to make them more available),  The Standard Plucked Psalteries have about 4 coats of sprayed lacquer.  The Plucked Signature Series instruments are constructed from solid woods (no plywood) and, because of this no two can be exactly alike.  For these, I use exotic, highly figured woods and a much finer finish (9 coats of lacquer, wet sanding with different grits and buffing with compound).  These plucked psalteries come with two sets of music with more music sets available (see the Plucked Psaltery pages of this website), pick and tuning tool, as with the standard plucked psalteries.  The Signature Series Plucked Psalteries also come with the stand pieces (unlike the standard ones) so that they can be displayed.  The bottom line is that these Signature Series Plucked Psalteries are highly finished, unique pieces (because no two are the same), museum quality instruments that can be used as an art piece as well as being able to be played – ie functional art.

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