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I am building a palor 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:

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Bending the sides:

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Sides in the mold:

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Tail and neck block added.  Kerfed lining installed:

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Back joined with a back strip:

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Back reinforcing strip glued and cut for back braces:

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Shaping back braces

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Mating back to sides

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Inlaying sound hole East Indian Rosewood rosette

Bracing sound board

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Sound board ready for sides

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Sound box completed and binding ledges cut

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Fitting side purfling

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Gluing bindings

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Bindings and abalone installed

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'Queen Bee'  Mother-of-Pearl logo

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Neck shaped and oiled

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Crystal Lac finishing applied to guitar body

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Neck fitted to body

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Installing bridge

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Leveling, dressing and polishing frets

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Finished pictures by Jeanne Giltzow

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