Project Update 01/24/09 (Instruments)
Recently, I met with local violin maker Joseph Curtin. He has invited me to collaborate with him on several projects including the design and development of a next generation electric violin. Mr. Curtin briefly mentions the electric violin project in this YouTube video, and this video features a deeper discussion of his work designing modern violins. Working with Joseph is a very exciting opportunity for me, and will keep all of you (chuckle) up to date.
To celebrate the new opportunity, I got out my bench plane, clamps, and wood glue and began building a six string cigar box ukulele. After three days of work the instrument is about half way complete.
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Neck Block: Walnut laminated with maple veneer and a strip of mahogany
Layout for the fret slots, neck taper, and V-joint
The fret spacing past the 12th fret was too close together. My solution was to use inlaid maple veneer instead of fret wire.
The head stock is walnut with a maple/cedar/maple veneer laminate between each piece. There is also a rather large knot at the top of the head.
Still some work left.
Before building, I modeled the piece in rhino to figure out the fret scale and the amount of materials I would need.
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