Michael J King, Luthier
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Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Making Bows For the Bowed Psaltery: Part 4 Fitting the Horsehair
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery: Part 3: Drilling, Sanding and Finishing
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery: Part 2: Cutting and Shaping
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery, Part 1: Bending the Wood
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Bowed Psaltery Plans Book Available
Psaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models available, see profile link or copy URL below:
https://mybook.to/bowedpsaltery
(Book has full size plans for the soprano model in C, Diatonic Model in D and the Bow Bending template, notes and plans as shown in this video.)
Digital plans are also available here:
Plans include bow templates, instrument plans include soprano in C and G plans, as well as Diatonic model in D
#luthier zither #Streichpsalter #michaeljking #plans #psaltery #bowedpsaltery #psalteryPsaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models available, see profile link or copy URL below:
https://mybook.to/bowedpsaltery
(Book has full size plans for the soprano model in C, Diatonic Model in D as well as the Bow Bending template, notes and plans as shown in this video.)
Digital plans are also available here:
#luthier zither #Streichpsalter #michaeljking #plans #psaltery #bowedpsaltery #psaltery
Monday, 29 September 2025
Kantele making Plans Book: 11-String Kantele
The second book is my Kantele Making Plans book, that has all my kantele plans in a multi-page format in 8.5” by 11” size, 5-String, 11-String, 15-string, Piccolo Kantele, along with patterns for long and short-scale 10-string models)
Search on Amazon books worldwide or see link: