Built about 1985

32 strings – 4 1/2 octaves – C to f '''

Maine rock maple, with an ash t-brace.

Height, with stand: 57 in., front to back: 28 in., corpus width: 17 (bottom) to 5 in. (top).
Weight: 28 lbs, stand: 3 lbs.

Played a little bit in the 1980s, then took a long rest.

Refinished in 2010 in red mahogany dye and hand-padded lacquer. Re-strung in December 2010 in 70/30 brass wire, custom drawn in the U.S., from The Instrument Workshop, Ashland, Oregon. All new strings, except for the lowest, which is 0.046 brass.

This instrument has not been played very much; it has lived under string tension through 25 years of varying temperatures and humidity, though, without any structural damage. Looks like new—spectacular under stage lighting.