Black Limba Talharpa (alto/viola range) – Spruce top

This instrument has a body made from a single piece of black limba with a spruce soundboard.

Specs:

• Black limba body
• Laser engraved western red cedar soundboard
• Laser engraved black limba tailpiece (raven)
• Quartersawn hard maple bridge
• D’addario Zyex (long) heavy tension viola string on top string, D’addario prelude long length strings on bottom 2 positions
• 15.25″ Scale length
• 1.8″ deep
• 24″ long (including tuning keys)
• Paracord “tailgut”
• Bass tuners
• Rosewood “nut”
• Spruce soundpost and bass bar
• Engraved note/finger positions on sides of “neck”
• Natural finish on body with gray/brown dyed top and a matte polyurethane top coat over everything
• 16 notes easily reachable including the open string
• Playable tuning range from AEA to DAD (DAD is getting a little high tension sounding, switching to “light” tension Viola strings would be ideal if you plan to play there frequently) CGC is optimal

See sound samples below!