stringwinding75.jpgstring winding machine61 viewsview from headstock to tailstock, showing monochordcitternmaker
med-lute14.jpgmaking a new soundboard112 viewscitternmaker
vise1.jpgMy vise in progress369 viewsThe vise I'm building after Diderot's illustration, shown awaiting threading. (resting on 2x4's due to flooding)citternmaker
ebony-scallop.jpgPegbox detail110 viewsEbony scallop shell carving on a cittern I made in 1996citternmaker
6c-modified.jpg6 course internal mold and neck84 viewscitternmakerDec 17, 2009
6course001.jpg6 course cittern body99 viewsCorpus roughed in...54 cm 6 course cittern, 16th C. Brescian (sides around back) construction. citternmakerDec 15, 2009
6course002.jpg6 course cittern body116 viewsCorpus roughed in...54 cm 6 course cittern, 16th C. Brescian (sides around back) construction. 7 piece staved back in curly hard maple.citternmakerDec 15, 2009
6course003.jpg6 course cittern body148 viewsCorpus roughed in...54 cm 6 course cittern, 16th C. Brescian (sides around back) construction. 7 piece arched, staved back in hard maple. Now on to purfling and scalloping the back...citternmakerDec 15, 2009
6course004.jpg6 course cittern body95 viewsCorpus roughed in...54 cm 6 course cittern, 16th C. Brescian (sides around back) construction. 7 piece staved back.citternmakerDec 15, 2009
6course010.jpg6 course cittern arching detail115 viewsCorpus roughed in...54 cm 6 course cittern, 16th C. Brescian (sides around back) construction. 7 piece staved back.citternmakerDec 15, 2009