Oops! It's Been A While

Why haven't I been blogging as often as before? Here's what I've been doing instead. This is the cello I've been working on. Still lots more to do, but it's coming along. To give an impression of size, I've put a glove on the floor in front of it.

On Friday, all of her "clothes" arrived in the mail. Although it doesn't really show, the fingerboard is ebony, the other parts are rosewood. They're beautiful!

This is the back of the double bass. We've finished inlaying the purfling (the black lines) and now we're doing the final shaping of the outside before we start to work on the inside.

Here is a pic of Ian (who will be the owner of it when it's done) and Bethany. We set him to work scraping the surface. That didn't last long!

Here are the front, back and sides as they look right now.

We are so excited about the how much we've done in such a short time.

A Peek

Here's a little peek at the pix ... I'm waiting for Cheryl's because there are some duplicates and I'd like to show the best ones.

Here we are at the airport shortly after we met Susan. She was, much to her dismay, presented with the hat that was required wearing for the weekend. I've been wearing mine whenever I go out and constantly get compliments and inquiries about where to get one. People love them. Great idea Cheryl.

Friday morning Kaden and Ireland came and crawled into bed with us.

Ta Da - Presenting "Lily"

My viola, all varnished and back together.

I'm really proud of her. She's a beauty!

I'm really pleased with how the quilted maple looks.

The front looks really good too!