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Mark Ralston - Posted - 02/23/2016: 14:38:46
These tailpieces are reproduced in a hard nylon, which is snow white. I hand-tint the black highlights and tint the tailpieces to approximate a color between bone (off-white) and near-yellow (ivoroid). All are hand-finished, and no two are exactly alike. All are suitable for nylon or gut strings. All are priced at $25, which includes a tailpiece bolt for all except tailpiece F05, which is hung with gut or wire. Also posted in this ad are some images of tailpieces from old (pre-1900) catalogs, FYI.
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Davidprat - Posted - 02/23/2016: 15:06:42
Great looking tailpieces, could you do the same made of bone?
Mark Ralston - Posted - 02/23/2016: 16:21:33
Thanks for the positive comments !
David, I would not be able to use the same process to make a tailpiece in bone. I make some non-engraved, simpler tailpieces using bone, but they're not similar to the ones I just posted. Some of the old (pre-1900) tailpieces were made from walrus ivory, and I think that the inked-in engravings are artistically related to scrimshaw.
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