We are in the studio designing a new Ukulele. Laura has been playing hers quite a bit and decided the time had come. I can already tell , with some R and D, we will come up with something good! Peter Park and Jay Hwang were visiting for Christmas. We messed around with some block printing and he printed these shell patterns on the top.
Spent the weekend at the Old Southeast Market selling Instruments. I met many cool people and had fun!
They are ready! We photographed this week and have been expanding site. We are already designing next run. The dulcimer guitar is the perfect instrument for beginners and experienced musicians. Our small runs of 20 with custom drawings inside also make them a collectable item.
Click here to see our new instruments!
We have a lot going on right now. Laura is working on the web site, and I have finished stringing all the instruments in our new batch. Tomorrow the photographing begins! We are excited and already designing the next batch.
We are really moving along. What is so exciting about making a functional object like an instrument is stringing it and hearing the first sound!! Tomorrow may be that day.
Today we started clear finishing the instruments. I made bridge stock for all the instruments. It is really exciting!
Just got back from a long summer of teaching. I had a great time. Taught a wonderful stringed instrument class with Keun Ho Peter Park at Arrowmont. It was so great to have 2 weeks to teach guitar making.
I am home and have spent the week moving our latest series of instruments forward. It has been wonderful to be back in my shop working with my sister .
