Full sized concert classical, Brazilian rosewood back and sides with Engelmann spruce top.

Headstock detail. Cuban cedar faced with Brazilian rosewood, white/black/white insert with steeped maple laminates (also b/w/b).

Full sized concert classical, cypress back and sides, European spruce top, ebony fingerboard and headstock face.

'Detail of bridge structure of hammered dulcimer. Bridges are of maple and walnut capped with brass rod.

'Detail of bridge structure of hammered dulci

23 course hammered dulcimer in walnut, lined with poplar and having a European spruce top

23 course hammered dulcimer in walnut, lined with poplar and

Detail of purflings, bindings and rosette of full sized concert classical.

Detail of ebony heel and cap and mitred purflings from guitar pictured to immediate left in galley.

Full sized concert classical in cypress with European spruce top. Nine strand purflings in black/white with rosewood bindings.

Bridge detail. Shaped to match headstock design. Ebony with bone faced tieblock inlaid with mother of pearl and black/white/black maple purfling.

Head, neck and heel of full sized concert classical in Brazilian rosewood and Engelmann spruce.

Detail of lute soundhole carved on solid into 2mm thick spruce.

Apalacian dulcimer front with lacewood back and sides,Honduras mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard and boxwood bindings.

Dulcimer back, lacewood with hand made slant check purflings created as herringbone for centre strip.

Mediaeval fiddle front based on carvings in the Portico de la Gloria at the entrance to the cathedral of Compostela in Santiago, Northern Spain.

Detail of back of mediaeval fiddle in zebrano. Overall dimensions 585mm (length), 220mm (lower bout), 50mm (body depth).

Mediaeval fiddle featured earlier. Geometric design based on series of adjoining circles in proportion to each other.

Rear view of full sized concert classical in cypress(back and sides) with European spruce top.

Rear view of full sized concert classical with Brazilian rosewood back and sides.

Torres classical based on smaller 'salon' guitar dimensions. Body depth at heel 72.5mm and at end block 79mm.

Detail of rosette and purflings/bindings fitted to Torres salon guitar. Rosette 94mm/140mm offering optimum sound projection from arched bahia back.

Ramirez plantilla, body depth 105mm at heel and 116mm at end block. Schaller machines (Hauser pattern), Cuban cedar neck and ebony fingerboard. Made in 2002.

Ramirez plantilla, body depth 86mm at heel and 92mm at end block. Shaped ebony bridge to match headstock design. Honduras mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. Made in 1999.

Engelmann spruce top with Brazilian rosewood back and sides. Bindings in maple, slant check purflings hand made from from triple A grade veneers. Made in 1996.

Slant check purflings hand made and mitred, made from steeped maple. Date of construction 1996.

Cuban cedar neck and ebony fingerboard/headstock facing.

Depth at heel 104mm. Heel cap ebony with black/white laminate. Van Gent machine heads.

Design after Georg Gerle of Innsbruck circa 1580. Links to Arabic designs are clearly visible; particularly in the geometric construction.

Sitka spruce top with 'weeping heart' soundholes.Blue/green/yellow purflings. This is a three stringed dulcimer, four stringed instruments can be made to commission.

Boxwood bindings, headstock faced with Brazilian rosewood.

European spruce front and zebrano back and sides, with rosewood tailpiece,bridge and fingerboard. Honduras mahogany neck and rosewood pegs. This particular fiddle has gut strings, it also plays well with steel.

Interior absent of fan struts or bracing despite flat front and back. May be played in an upright position.

Back inlaid with black/white maquis herringbone centrestrip and steeped maple black/white purflings.

Centre strip hand made herringbone in steeped maple veneers, with purflings of same pattern.

European spruce with bahia back and sides, Honduras mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard. Lower bout 283mm, upper bout 220mm and waist 178mm. With a string length of 604mm offering lower string tension and a delight to play.