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A selection of my work is available for purchase from the Alternative Technology Centre shop in Hebden Bridge. The Music Room, Cleckheaton. or John T's Music shop, Carshalton.

Alternatively, please contact me to discuss your specific requirements.

Dulcimers & Ukuleles

These are the wooden instruments I build. Generally-speaking I work with either recovered / salvaged woods or Indigenous woods sourced within the UK.

Dulcimers

Designed for kids and people with no prior experience, this is a strummed dulcimer you hold and play like a guitar. If you're not familiar with the dulcimer fretboard, the idea is that the two bass strings are normally played open, as a drone. The melody is played on the treble string.

Tuned to a simple open chord, eg D - a - d, the fretboard layout does not have a full compliment of frets. The frets corresponding to "bad" notes are missing - it plays in tune wherever you fret a note!

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 Ukuleles

These classic instruments need no introduction from me! I make a slim, triangle-bodied uke, a peardrop body shape and now also the traditional hourglass shape

Video demonstration (Youtube)

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