my friend paul kelly playing a 19c hurdy gurdy by pimpard outside my lutherie shop in galway, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
Mandola, made by me last year, tuned an octave lower than the mandolin, popular for celtic music, made from Brazilian rosewood, back and sides, spruce top with d shaped soundhole, and abalone inlay, tune; the maid behind the bar, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
Natalie trying out a new tune on the wire strung harp made in my workshop, it's a copy of the Trinity college harp, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made, to buy or get more details of this and others look up www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com
This is a bright and warm sounding bouzouki unlike the cedar top model which has a verry toppy sound, just made recently and now looking for a new home, bubinga is a hard but beautifull looking wood, makes super instruments, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
another tune by natalie as she road tests the new trinity college wire harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made,
natalie trying out a new copy of the trinity college harp she has just made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made,
all mahogany flemish style hurdy gurdy, made about 2 years ago in my shop, it has 2 chanters, 4 drones, 1 of which is a trumpette bridge, works well and played in a bit, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
natalie is carving the decoration on the harmonic curve, its a copy of the trinity college harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details
a hand made bouzouki, made with a cedar top and purple hart back and sides, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard, gold machines,newly made and looking for a new home, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
Natalie testing her new copy of the Trinity college harp made in my shop,
also houses the Irish school of lutherie. She is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original one was made.for more info www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com
this is an all electric upright double bass, i designed it to look like it shrunk in the wash, it has a carved body of walnut with a rosewood top, maple neck and ebony fingerboard, and many electronic options. see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
natalie again carving away at the wire string harp, its a copy of the trinity college harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details
carving the decoration on the trinity college harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details
carving the decoration its a copy of the trinity college harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details
hand made mandolin made by paul doyle 3rd generation of violin makers from the west of ireland since 1890, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
here natalie is tuning the wire string harp, its a copy of the trinity college harp she made in my workshop, she is making 3 more for the shop, one is made up of seperate pieces and the other two will be carved out from the solid plank as the original on was made,
eugene again with my new brazilian acoustic guitar and cedar top, much different than the bubinga, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
this is an all cherry body harp with european spruce front, celtic mermaid carved on the front and side carvings, Chiara is playing one of her favourite pieces,
36 string nylon harp, mahogany all over spruce soundboard, robinson semitone system, large model high tension strings, see www.pauldoyleinstrum ents.com for more details to purchase or order a custom version
