Contents of all Bolton Kits
(except Clavichords)
Common to all kits (except Clavichords)
Best quality quarter-sawn European spruce boards, planed on face and edges, ready for gluing up to make soundboard.
Bolton jacks, precision made from stiff plastic, top and bottom adjusting screws.
Pre-voiced plectra, little or no shaping required.
Keyboard kit – everything needed (except base) to make keyboard in a few days.
Lower guide, pre-drilled.
Wire on reels, including top quality reproduction English iron wire by Malcolm Rose.
(The Italian harpsichord is strung in brass.)
Felt, tuning pins, bridge pins, hitchpins, tuning key.
Accurate drawing - normally on polyester film - will not shrink or stretch.
Detailed instruction manual with many sketches.
Drawing and instructions cover the whole process starting with the wood you have to buy and ending with the tuning of the finished instrument.
Detailed special components shown on each instrument page.