The Flower of Sunrise

A Baroque Laouto-bouzouko!

As I am waiting to post a very interesting article by a famous master Luther, and inspired by the Baroque era of 17th century , I left my imagination free to design a heavily decorated, long scale ( 72 cm )  Laouto-bouzouko. 

Its name inspired by the rosette flower theme "The Flower of Sunrise"

The materials been used are :

Rosette

Bone , white natural sea shell , abalone, maple wood and rosewood. The sound hole rosette has been designed in two different altitudinal levels following the technique in Baroque guitar rosettes. 

Pick-guard

Rosewood and maple for the peripheral filet

Soundboard Binding Fillets

White natural sea shell , abalone, maple wood and rosewood

Neck

Ebony wood

Neck decoration

Bone and maple wood 

Fret-board inlays

A personal patent where the heavy inlays placed on the unmarked fret spaces.(the spaces of the fret board lacking fret markers) (Please also see the older post http://memoriesoftheinnocentage.blogspot.com/2013/10/artistic-lutherieunique-bouzouki-patents.html

Head-stock

Rosewood ply and bone

Tail piece

Rosewood and bone 

Bridge

Rosewood and bone 

(C) 2015. S.Dimis

(C) 2015. S.Dimis

(C) 2015. S.Dimis