updated 5-June-10

Specials

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2nds

Koa OM/Classical

(2) back plates 7-3/4" x 21"
(2) side plates 4-1/8" x 34-3/4"
grade: A
price: $40.00
flaw: a few small tight knots
comments: air dried since 2006, slight figure, dark dense koa, sides taper to 4" width, priced as a learner set but will make a fine little guitar

set #130-674

Koa parlor

(2) back plates 7-3/4" x 20-1/2"
(2) side plates 4-1/8" x 31" (tapering to 3-3/4" width)
grade: A
price: $35.00
flaw: two pairs of small tight knots on back, some filling required
comments: air dried since 2006, slight figure

set #130-692

Koa Electric/Bass Top

(2) top plates 7-1/4" x 23" (along long edge)
grade: AAAA
price: $40.00
flaw: a few tight knots one (near bridge) requiring light filling
comments: air dried since 2001, sawn to .150" thickness, strong flame-curl, good color; stunning koa

set #94-675

Koa Electric/Bass Top

(2) top plates 7" x 19-3/4" (long edge)
grade: AAAA
price: $75.00
flaw: small knot on the glue face, doesn't appear on show face (not much of a flaw)
comments: air dried since 2005, sawn to 1/4 (.250") thickness, it's got it all: dramatic compression curl, quilt and fiddleback

set #119–681

Bargains--$40.00 and less

Koa Electric/Bass Top

(2) top plates 8-1/2" x 2" (tapering to 6-3/4" width)
grade: AAA
price: $38.00
flaw: spalting throughout; otherwise strong and stable
comments: sawn to .150" (3.8mm), air dried since 2005, lots of color and big curl (both fiddleback and compression curl), some splits outside pattern (circled in white in the left photo)

set #119–633

Engelmann wedges

If you value well-seasoned tonewood you'll really like this Engelmann: air dried since 1982, sawn from hand-split rounds to minimize runout, straight grain, nicely quartered, from southern Oregon Cascade Mountains

Price includes resawing to 2 plates if desired

violin: 15.00/A, 25.00/AA, 35.00/AAA

viola: 18.00/A, 30.00/AA, 42.00/AAA

cello: 60.00/A, 130.00/AA, 210.00/AAA

AAA viola

AAA cello

AAA viola endgrain

AAA cello endgrain

Headplates

Hawaiian Koa bookmatched headplate veneer (4A photo, with bottom half wetted to show color/curl)

Size: (2) 7.5 x 1.75" plates (larger upon request), rough sawn to minimum .125"

Grade 3A: $5.00/ea, 3.50/3
Grade 4A: $10.00/ea, 6.50/3