Photo by Robert Batey
Ringing Strings Bowed Psalteries
handcrafted by Rick Long
Clinton, Tennessee
(865) 660-4026
ricklong@ringingstrings.com
- Top: Redwood
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $260
- Item No. RWWAN007
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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Here is a larger picture of what is included with each bowed psaltery -
Padded Case
Tuning Wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD and Songbook
The songbook now inlcudes 25 songs to learn by number
Note Markers
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- Top: Figured Cherry
- Back: Birch
- Price: $300
- Item No. CHBIY001
These soprano psalteries are just under 15" long, 5" wide, and 1 1/4" thick. The lowest note is "C" above middle "C" or C5 and go up in pitch to "A" in the next octave or A6.
Please use the word psaltery in the subject of your e-mail.
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Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Myrtlewood
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $380
- Item No. MWWAB001
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Wormy Chestnut
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $260
- Item No. WCWAN016
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Quilted Maple
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $360
- Item No. QMWAB005
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Eastern Red Cedar
- Back: Maple
- Price: $240
- Item No. RCMAN026
- Left Hand Model
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Quilted Maple
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $360
- Item No. QMWAB003
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Myrtlewood
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $380
- Item No. MWWAB002
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Lake Salvaged Quilted Maple
- Back: Curly Walnut
- Price: $400
- Item No. LSWAB006
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Curly Spalted Buckeye
- Back: Maple
- Price: $300
- Item No. BYMAN003
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Lake Salvaged Quilted Maple
- Back: Curly Walnut
- Price: $400
- Item No. LSWAS007
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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- Top: Quilted Maple
- Back: Curly Walnut
- Price: $360
- Item No. QMWAB007
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
- Top: Lake Salvaged Quilted Maple
- Back: Curly Walnut
- Price: $400
- Item No. LSWAB004
The instructional DVD is not pictured, but is included
- Top: Quilted Maple
- Back: Walnut
- Price: $360
- Item No. QMWAB006
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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5-23-08
There is a sound clip of each psaltery, click on the link under each item number. This way you will be able to hear and compare each psaltery. I feel like this is the best way to shop for a bowed psaltery online. This way you can see a photo of the front and back of each psaltery and then hear each one being played. There are slight differences in the tone of each psaltery, even if they are made from the same wood. I want you to have all the info you need to find your psaltery and know what you are getting.
Let me know if you see one you would like and I will mark it "SOLD" for you, so no one else will try to buy it.
- Top: Lake Salvaged Quilted Maple
- Back: Figured Walnut
- Price: $450
- Item No. LSWAB005
Price includes:
Bow
Tuning wrench
Rosin
Extra Strings
Instruction DVD
and Play by Number Book
Padded Case
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The quartersawn redwood top on this psaltery was made from wood that was salvaged from a structure that had been built back in the 40's. I was able to acquire a small quantity of it to use for instrument soundboards.
The lake salvaged quilted maple top on this psaltery is the most rare wood I work with. It came from Washington state and has a marvelous dark color. This is the natural color of the wood, no stain used on my psalteries, only a clear lacquer finish. This will be the last of these psalteries listed unless I am able to obtain some more of this wood.
The lake salvaged quilted maple top on this psaltery is the most rare wood I work with. It came from Washington state and has a marvelous dark color. This is the natural color of this wood, no stain used on my psalteries, only clear lacquer. This will be the last of these psalteries listed unless I am able to obtain some more of this wood. I can't tell that the three soundholes make any difference in the sound. It's just one of the last pieces I used in a special edition two years ago. You can see ine of them on the cover of my "Rosin the Bow" music CD on the Recordings page.
The lake salvaged quilted maple top on this psaltery is the most rare wood I work with. It came from Washington state and has a marvelous dark color. This will be the last of these psalteries listed unless I am able to obtain some more of this wood.
The lake salvaged quilted maple top on this psaltery is the most rare wood I work with. It came from Washington state and has a marvelous dark color. This is the natural color of this wood, no stain is used on my psalteries, only a clear lacquer finish. This will be the last of these psalteries listed unless I am able to obtain some more of this wood.
The myrtlewood top on this psaltery is also very rare. This wood only grows in Southern Oregon and in the Holy land. I got a small supply from a gentleman that had bought it at an auction when a veneer company closed down several years ago in Knoxville, TN. It has wild figure and a very dark color you just don't see in newly sawn pieces of myrtlewood. No stain used on my psalteries, just the natural color of the wood with a clear lacquer finish. It is most common to see offering plates in churches made from myrtlewood.
The myrtlewood top on this psaltery is also very rare. This wood only grows in Southern Oregon and in the Holy land. I got a small supply from a gentleman that had bought it at an auction when a veneer company closed down several years ago in Knoxville, TN. It has wild figure and a very dark color you just don't see in newly sawn pieces of myrtlewood. No stain used on my psalteries, just the natural color of the wood with a clear lacquer finish. It is most common to see offering plates in churches made from myrtlewood.
The american chestnut on this psaltery came from a supply I bought in the Asheville, NC area. It had been salvaged from an old barn that was torn down. Just as the chestnut trees disappeared from the blight years ago, the salvaged wood is becoming more scarce.
The quilted maple I use comes from the Washington state/Oregon region. It is from the big leaf maple tree. Quilted maple is a grain variaton ithat is not found in every tree. Similar to curly or birds-eye maple. Finding wood this beautiful is like finding a treasure to a woodworker. My favorite time is when I apply the first coat of finish and get to admire the color and grain.
The quilted maple I use comes from the Washington state/Oregon region. It is from the big leaf maple tree. Quilted maple is a grain variaton ithat is not found in every tree. Similar to curly or birds-eye maple. Finding wood this beautiful is like finding a treasure to a woodworker. My favorite time is when I apply the first coat of finish and get to admire the color and grain.
The quilted maple I use comes from the Washington state/Oregon region. It is from the big leaf maple tree. Quilted maple is a grain variaton ithat is not found in every tree. Similar to curly or birds-eye maple. Finding wood this beautiful is like finding a treasure to a woodworker. My favorite time is when I apply the first coat of finish and get to admire the color and grain.
The quilted maple I use comes from the Washington state/Oregon region. It is from the big leaf maple tree. Quilted maple is a grain variaton ithat is not found in every tree. Similar to curly or birds-eye maple. Finding wood this beautiful is like finding a treasure to a woodworker. My favorite time is when I apply the first coat of finish and get to admire the color and grain.
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