Well here it is - 2020. The new year brings another luthier project. This time a commission for a wire-strung harp inspired by the Lamont harp. I say "inspired" because the client wants four additional strings and a mirror image of the original. The Lamont may be the oldest extant harp in the world. There is a date inside of 1457.  Fortunately a woman named Loomis did her masters and doctoral theses about the two harps in the Scottish National Museum and there are 500 pages of extremely detailed information, including MRI scans of the harps so we can see the joinery, which has heretofore not been possible

 Here is the wood I chose for the harp. The client is concerned about too much high frequency, so maple and cherry were out as  possibilities. Willow, which is the original harp, can't be found in the dimensions needed. I was fortunate to get these two pieces of black walnut.

 There is still a use for carbon paper in this modern world. The drawing is full scale.

 Here is the result of the carbon paper tracing.

After going over the tracing with a white pencil I can see better for the next step.