rI am building a parlor guitar for my granddaughter, Rosie. Rosie just turned five and will require a smaller guitar to fit her fingers and arm reach. My parlor guitar will do that and sound much more like a full size guitar than the 3/4 size guitars I have built in the past.
We have decided on Palo Escrito ( a Rosewood from Central America) for the sides and back with a soundboard of Sikta Spruce.
We will be choosing some unique inlays as the build progresses.
Starting the build by thinning and laying out the dimensions on the sides:

Bending the sides:

Sides in the mold:

Tail and neck block added.  Kerfed lining installed:

Back joined with a back strip:

Back reinforcing strip glued and cut for back braces:

Shaping back braces

Mating back to sides

Inlaying sound hole East Indian Rosewood rosette

Bracing sound board

Sound board ready for sides

Sound box completed and binding ledges cut

Fitting side purfling

Gluing bindings

Bindings and abalone installed

'Queen Bee'  Mother-of-Pearl logo

Neck shaped and oiled

Crystal Lac finishing applied to guitar body

Neck fitted to body

Installing bridge

Leveling, dressing and polishing frets

Finished pictures by Jeanne Giltzow