Types of Bowed Psalteries


However, please review options below and shoot me your ideas, if you'd like to have me make an instrument with exactly the forestland and characteristics you'd like. We can indeed make psalteries with custom tunings. Communicate me with information on what notes you're looking for. Within the models we provide the price of Custom Bowed Psalteries designs will be determined by your choices.

 Custom Sound Holes

Star-suchlike sound hole designs does not bring redundant. We can increase custom sound holes to these instruments like  Hammered Dulcimer sound holes. The only designs we will repeat are USA. We have a number of those to select from. Communicate me to see those options. You're also welcome to type one of your individual sound hole designs of making your Bowed Psaltery truly single. Keep in mind that the periphery of the sound hole image is only23/8". You can read extra on the process of making your individual design then.

 

 Woods

 For the base rates, you can have either walnut or cherry back and sides. Figured or fantastic forestland can be used but bring additional. We generally recommend that the sound board be a tone wood, cedar, improve or redwood if you're concerned about tonal response.

 

 Pickups

We offer an internal volley as an option. You can see the details on the pickups in Accessories.

Although we can make Custom Sopranos Bowed Psalteries, utmost people order Custom Altos Bowed Psalteries or Custom Baritones Bowed Psalteries which have a lesser range. The tone of a Custom Bowed Psalteries is not different than standard bowed psalteries. Ordering a Custom Bowed Psaltery just gets you single specific visual aesthetics.