Finnish Door Harp

First off I would like to thank mikeacg, Tony 1212 & Loren for answering my questions about which guitar strings to use, I really appreciate it. A few months back my MIL asked if, sometime, I could make her a Finnish door harp…she is very proud of her Finnish heritage. I had never heard of one- so I went searching on the internet and found whatever information I could…This project is what I came up with. It is approximately 6 1/2” wide and a little over12” tall.

This door harp was made from a piece of figured maple and finished with shellac/transtint dye like the Wood Whisperer did for his pencil box project. The inlay is a butterfly edge glued piece of figured walnut scrap I had kept for years.

My knot tying skills are awful & I have never done anything with guitar strings before. I actually had to re-do one of them. I watched multiple YouTube videos and they made it look way too simple.

I was able to get it finished before December 26th-when we exchanged gifts with the FIL & MIL. She was very appreciative. I included a tuning wrench…my FIL has played guitar for over 60 years and he can tune it a lot better than I ever will.

I showed the picture to a co-worker and he asked if I could make one for his aunt…..I couldn’t say no.

Thanks for looking.

Bill in MI