Four
instruments based on a few simple
design principles and on my own experience
were built: two
cassa levatoia
(separate outer case) and two cassa falsa levatoia (integral
construction) instruments were built all with exactly the same soundboard
layout, area, string scalings, etc.
The photographs below show various stages of the construction of these
four instruments. These photographs are
not representative of the overall construction of the instruments since they
were not taken over the whole period of the construction process. Instead they represent the phases of
construction during the periods when Willie Hendry, who took the photographs,
happened to be in Castel San Pietro working with us.
Those involved in the construction were Graziano Bandini and Grant O’Brien (principals) with Willie Hendry (sometime helper!).
Click on the thumbnail images below for further information on the operations or procedures being carried out.
To go to the next section click on the hyperlink: Some construction particulars of these instruments
