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"that nyckelharpa looks rather cool. Is it your own design or did you copy an older instrument?"

Jim....it is a tenor nyckelharpa, inspired by the wonderful instruments that came out of the...

I'm not making mandos these days, but I still have a shop full of tools where I build a few instruments for my own amusement.

"The report of my death was an exaggeration"

Mark Twain

I've slowed down considerably, but I do still build a few instruments when asked to do so.

Many thanks,
Bob Abrams
Trillium Octave...

Inlays inspired by a Book of Kells female figure, Magnolia grandiflora and Trillium undulatum

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Thank you very much for sharing that most interesting and well made film......

Here is the second of the fretless experiments, a 6-course (11-string) guitar/oud hybrid. It, too, has a 23" scale, Sperzel tuners and nylon strings. It has a fixed bridge design and 5 flush frets....

I wonder if some of you might be interested in seeing these recent oud inspired builds. The first is essentially a fretless 5-course cittern with a scale length of 23". Nylon strung, it is currently...

Claro Walnut.....probably my first choice for backs & sides these days!