THE SOUNDBOARD



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enlarged picture along with a descriptive caption.

 

[Final boards]
Forming the soundboard...

[Planing]
Planing the soundboard

[Gluing bars]
Gluing bars to the underside

[Gluing 4ft bridge]
Gluing the 4ft bridge...

[Gluing 8ft bridge]
Gluing the 8ft bridge

[8ft cut-off rail] [8ft cut-off rail]
Gluing the 8ft cut-off rail...

[Carving a recess]
Carving a recess in the header rail...

[Completed soundboard] [Completed soundboard]
Showing the completed soundboard...

[Gluing the soundboard] [Gluing the soundboard] [Gluing the soundboard]
Gluing the soundboard...

[Hitch pin eyes]
Making hitch pin eyes...

[Coiling]
Coiling the string around the tuning pin...


Page 1 - The case and stand
Page 2 - The keyboard and action