The following is my current log for the course.
Tue 17 May 2005 Anthony Reid Attended
Corfe Hills School
Took With Me
  • Cooker
  • Glue
  • Psaltery-half and top
  • Folder
  • Class Log

    I didn't get any time in the week to re-glue the badly glued joints on the psaltery, so that was the plan for this lesson. I melted the glue and stuck the label into the psaltery, then I waited. It took a while for Anthony to realise I needed help (I guess I wasn't assertive enough) but eventually he helped me glue the top onto the frame, while re-glueing the back joints that hadn't worked too well. It was useful being able to do this at the class because there were alot more clamps available than I have at home. This was the problem I'd encountered when I'd stuck the back on, that the thin wood comprising the back and top, lifted in between the places where the clamps were squeezing. The more clamps you have available the more you can fill in those clamps. I left the psaltery there clamping overnight, and collected it in the morning. It's looking like a psaltery now, and the joints are solid. I am not going to have chance (or the skill!) to do the inlaying I would like - that will have to wait until another project. I have 2 weeks left to plane the sides, drill the pin holes and screw in the pins. This should be achievable. I still do not have any music wire to string the instrument, though.

    Images and Diagrams (Click to enlarge)
    Clamped
    Inside Label
    Made 2004