One thing all instrument builders have in common is an absolute appreciation for the wood we build with and we love finding, selecting, evaluating and working with it. I’m sure everyone has a few pieces or a stash of the really special stuff. I do as well. Here are some pictures I want to share of an amazing book matched Maple set that I got years ago from Bruce Harvie. I put it aside and have been waiting for that special project to come along. I have looked to use it on mandolins and mandolas but decided against it since too much would be waisted. I recently started to design and build an Octave Mandolin and when I slapped the template over it I couldn’t contain my excitement. So here are a few pictures, not so exciting to some probably but I wanted to share it. Thanks Bruce.
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