Cigar Box Stick Dulcimer

 

Making these instruments is straightforward; the pre-made cigar box simplifies construction, and the neck design featured in the series is both stable and easy to assemble.

The Cigar Box Stick Dulcimer Book is now available, complementing the online series with full-sized plans and maker's notes. You can find it on Amazon globally.

https://mybook.to/cigar-box-stick

11" x 8.5" paperback in full colour.

This book guides you in constructing a Cigar Box Guitar-style stick dulcimer, featuring a one-piece continuous neck and DIY piezo pickups.

with all the notes included, chapter by chapter, focusing on simple luthier tips and techniques. The QR codes in the book help guide you with the making process, as well as linking to new contents and useful older videos. (They are scannable by almost any smartphone, and older ones with a free QR reader app).

Welcome to this ten-part video series on making a cigar box stick dulcimer. These videos will support the notes and plans in the book, available on Amazon.

The video series primarily focus on the making of a traditional cigar box guitar style instrument, one of the easiest places to start for the first time makers, using a real cigar box with a long continuous neck providing strength a and stability, flat paddle headstock 4-strings and a piezo pickup. We will cover the creation, shaping, and fretting of the neck and fitting to the body, the wiring of a piezo pickup, and setting up the instrument. Cigar box stick dulcimers, while a simple instrument to make and play, will give you much enjoyment. Extras and the Book and Download: The two additional plans in the book expand the building options and cover building a soundbox from scratch, using traditional tonewoods rather than a readymade box. Included are both 3 and 4 string design options, which feature bolt-on or dovetailed necks.

The book edition features full-colour photos of the instruments, full maker's notes, and QR codes to connect to the video episodes online. At the back of the book, there is the complete set of plans for all three instrument designs in a multi-page format to cut out and glue or tape together.

Making a Batch of Violin-Style Labels

Printmaking the next year’s instrument labels for my upcoming lyres, epinettes, moraharpa, english style violin and Stick Dulcimers. These ones are narrow violin style and larger ones with more information.

I am using Rubine Red Cranfield washable oil based relief ink, Fine Japanese wash printmaking papers, with a few larger labels in Nepalese Lokta paper. 

For full video see my channel

The strong and thin Japanese washi paper allows the use of a spoon as a  barren to make the prints

#miniprints #guitarlabels #luthier #profoil #wildpapers 

#Luthierlabels #violinlabels 

https://www.cranfield-colours.co.uk/

The hot foil magnesium plates were made for me by Profoil dot com in the UK.

#cranfieldcolours #violinlabel #luthier #profoil #rawumber #handprinting #handprinted #labels #miniprinting #shorts

Making Bows For the Bowed Psaltery: Part 4 Fitting the Horsehair

Part 4

Book available - Psaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models: 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 plan version are also available here: https://payhip.com/b/j8S6 Digital plans include Bow templates, instrument plans include soprano in C and alto G plans, as well as Diatonic model in D and g

Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery: Part 3: Drilling, Sanding and Finishing

Psaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models available now: 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: https://payhip.com/b/j8S6 Plans include Bow templates, instrument plans include soprano in C and G plans, as well as Diatonic model in D Plans are for my Soprano model in C version, 18" long, small and compact, my version inspired by Edgar Stahmer and Ronald Roberts design, with small changes internal and external for a better sound, Its a good alto instrument, the pins on the bridge help with the spacing of the strings.

Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery: Part 2: Cutting and Shaping

Psaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models available now: 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: https://payhip.com/b/j8S6 Plans include Bow templates, instrument plans include soprano in C and G plans, as well as Diatonic model in D

Making Bows for the Bowed Psaltery, Part 1: Bending the Wood

Psaltery Making: Maker's Notes and plans: for Chromatic and Diatonic models available now: 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: https://payhip.com/b/j8S6 Plans include Bow templates, soprano in C and G plans, as well as Diatonic model in D Disclaimer: Always follow safe practices while working with tools. What is safe for one woodworker under certain conditions may not be safe for others in different circumstances. Viewers should undertake the use of materials and methods as shown in these videos after evaluation, and at their own risk.

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:

https://payhip.com/b/j8S6

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:

https://payhip.com/b/j8S6

#luthier zither #Streichpsalter #michaeljking #plans #psaltery #bowedpsaltery #psaltery