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An epinette des Vosges made of all pear wood, custom made by Michael King in the UK .
I created the 'garden' vignette designs based on Elizabethan era clothing embroidery known as "black work" seen on museum remnants and in paintings. of the time. Michael used an old technique called "kolrosing"- lines are encised with a knife, brushed with charcoal, and rubbed with walnut oil.
This is a five string 20" VSL scale epinette that I'll tune for the keys of C, Bb, or A. Traditional French epinette peghead shape, small heart and quatrefoil sound holes, two melody strings and three drone strings. For versatility, I opted for 6.5 & 13.5 frets, and geared mandolin tuners rather than zither pins.
I've posted a discussion about this instrument in the Dulcimer Ancestors Group.