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I've just read this post - sounds very interesting - please make shavings and finish it! I'm very interested to see, and hopefully hear, how your various ideas turn out.

Cheerio,

Carl

Hi Jim, Thanks for the link, I've contacted him but not had a reply yet - I had seen the page before but discounted it as there were no bellows, however, in the search for contact details etc I realised that there was a lot more to his site so I've now discovered a lot more of general interest that ...

At some point in the next year or so I'm planning on making a portative organ, partly because I like them, partly to enable a more experimental build later on. I've located a source for plans http://www.renwks.com/prices/present/price-plans.htm , but I'm looking for any books/articles etc about the ...

Re twisted strings: I suspect this is not the kind of thing you want, but it does give an idea of the sound while also offering an alternative method of tuning! http://barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/twist-harp/ I have also seen instruments using 'twine', for want of a better word. Denis Havlena also...

Well, I haven't started anything yet, but I have decided to add a neck, maybe permanent, maybe not. The reason being that as this is essentially an experiment, I'd be daft to limit the possible permutations. So it will have something fretted and suitable for a guitar tuning, and I'll use a metal bar...

Hi, I'm new here. I've made quite a few instruments, various zithers, some with necks etc. I'm going to make a zither with interconnected strings inspired by Bart Hopkin's 'Trillium Cluster' http://barthopkin.com/instrumentarium/trillium-cluster/. I've done a few very basic experiments - enough to k...