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Blog Posts
- Painting finally begins
- Soundboard Installation!
- Installing the Rose
- The Soundboard
- Adding the hook to the 8′ cherry Bridge
- 8′ cherry Bridge steamed, bent, clamped
- Bridges and Nuts
- Color/Paper samples for Harpsichord
- Soundboard joined and fitted
- Finally some new Harpsichord work
- Building a Flute & Whistle Library
- A Guitar Foot Stool
Pau Hana ‘Ukulele
Boston Balalaika
Tag Archives: cigar box instruments
The New Cigar Box is Done
Well, after several weeks we completed the latest cigar box ‘uke and everyone seems well pleased with it. It looks good, and most importantly it sounds good. It will, of course take a few weeks of playing to settle in, … Continue reading
A New Cigar Box ‘Uke
I’ve been helping someone build a cigar box ‘uke for as a special gift for a friend. A gift is so much more special when someone has put a lot of thought and work into it. In this case, building … Continue reading
Cigar Box ‘ukuleles
A little while ago I took a break from building regular ‘ukuleles to build a couple of cigar boxes. Someone in the club (Ukulele Union of Boston) had one that I really liked and after doing some research online I … Continue reading