I’ve had this curly cherry set for at least 7 years. It’s a strange mix of feelings to see it finished and out the door. I am happy someone finally believed me that it would look and sound great, but I also feel the loss of a special wood set! I paired it with a straight grain spruce top, muted pistachio, a fir neck and curly maple binding. It looks like a butterscotch sundae and sounds sweet too. The spruce was cut for a dulcimer maker in the 1960’s, the fir is a salvaged floor joist, the pistachio is from California orchards and the cherry is from Cath on Vashon Island.