Part of my business ethic is to always where possible make available the plans of my instruments so that others can copy and build on the work I have done. For this I do ask for a fee but all these designs have been tried and tested and represent the apex of where I am with them. If you need more info after you purchase you can drop me an email and I will help you as best I can.
If you wish to make and sell copies of these you are free to do so, though I would appreciate it if you mention my name and say based on the plans you are not obliged to do so. These drawings were made from my workshop templates and are hand drawn with only the measurements needed, to open the plans you need winzip or 7-zip to unzip the files and adobe reader.
You no longer need a paypal account to purchase from this site, any debit or credit card acccepted.
I will make available more plans as soon as time allows
Kantele plans
Kantele Making pdf ebook and 5 string plans (original 2006 edition) £5.00
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5 string kantele plans £3.00
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10 string kantele plans £5.00
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12 string kantele plans £5.00
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15 string kantele plans £5.00
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5 string piccolo kantele plans £1.00
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Kantele Making CD-ROM order separately here:
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Stick Dulcimer plans
Stick Dulcimer plans"Dad" tuning 2006 edition £5.00
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Stick Dulcimer plans Gdg tuning 2012 edition £5.00
(soon)
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Stick Dulcimer case info (free)
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Stick Dulcimer DVD-ROM, £20.00 has the Youtube videos added for offline reference, order separately here
Epinettes
5 and 6 string epinette designs 2012 £10.00 coming very soon, email me to be updated.
Ukuleles
Electric Ukulele plans £10.00
Soprano Ukulele (18 fret figure of eight headstock model) £5.00
coming soon, email me
Anglo Saxon Lyre
Lyre making CD-ROM £25.00, order separately here:
Bowed Psaltery
Diatonic Bowed Psaltery ( plans from original website in 1999) free plans or pay what you want!
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Bowed Lyres
Welsh Crwth £10.00
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Bowed Lyre/Jouhikko £5.00
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Others
Icelandic Langspil £10.00 soon
Icelandic Fidla £10.00 coming soon
Savart fiddle 5 string £10.00 coming soon
I will make available more plans as soon as time allows
Final Notes on printing the plans
To use the plans Simply Print these off onto tracing paper
using your own printer, match up the printouts and tape together!
I have left a big overlap to cover different paper sizes and
also to aid collating the drawings. You may need to play with the
settings of your printer to get
the printout right, usually if you use adobe reader, set at 100% you
should be ok.
Some people with very high definition printers
found they had to lower the print quality to get a clearer printout.
Only instruments with fretting patterns need to be absolutely
accurate, shapes can be off with little effect to
sound.
Check the scale length measurements against your joined together
printed drawings and the width and lengths.
Please feel free to email if you have any questions at all or need help using this service.
