2017 JRS Concertmaster

 This is for the serious, professional player and/or recording artist, who is looking for a hammered dulcimer with the purest tone and best tonal balance available today.
 
Features:
2/19/18/9 Bridge Configuration—4.5 octaves (3 5 Chromatic)
Asymmetrical Body (Vertical Treble Bridge, closer Bass Bridge)
Tapered Variable Gradient Density Soundboard
(Sitka Spruce over Mahogany or Mahogany over Spruce)
Dark  stained Soundboard
Laminated East Indian Rosewood End Rails
Tulip Poplar Inner Rail
Solid Northern Rock Maple Pin Blocks
Solid Tulip Poplar Back
Bolivian Rosewood Bridges inlaid with Curly Maple and Purpleheart
Triple Spline Finger Joints at Bass Chamber
Double Spline Finger Joints at Treble Chamber
Tapered Pin Blocks
Spruce/Pine with Brazillian Tulipwood Inserts Lateral Structural Bracing
Solid African Bubinga Soundboard Support/Tone Truss
Solid Sitka Spruce Soundboard Struts
Signature JRS Double Soundhole Rosettes 
Standard JRS Corner Scrolls
17 Graduated String Gauges
Nitrocellulose Hand Rubbed Finish
Individually “Voiced”
Signed and Sealed Document of Origin and Authenticity