JRS Concertmaster XR - Mahogany

This is the JRS Concertmaster XR, featuring a VGD (Mahogany over Sitka Spruce).  One of a kind.  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.
 
2/19/19/9 Bridge Configuration—4.5 octaves (Chromatic)
16 lbs., 6 oz.
Asymmetrical Body (Vertical Treble Bridge, closer Bass Bridge)
Tapered Variable Gradient Density Soundboard
(Mahogany over Sitka Spruce)
Figured African Bubinga End Rails
Solid Northern Rock Maple Pin Blocks
Solid Tulip Poplar Back
Bolivian Rosewood Bridges inlaid with Curly Maple and Purpleheart Position Markers
Triple Spline Finger Joints at Bass Chamber
Double Spline Finger Joints at Treble Chamber
Tapered Pin Blocks
Solid Tulip Poplar Lateral Structural Bracing
Solid Brazilian Cherry Soundboard Support/Tone Truss
Solid Sitka Spruce Soundboard Struts
Signature JRS Double Rosette Design
Standard JRS Corner Scrolls
18 Graduated String Gauges
Nitrocellulose Hand Rubbed Finish
Individually “Voiced”
Signed and Sealed Document of Origin and Authenticity
 
Price: $5480
(Includes Tuning and String Gauge Chart, Star Tip “T” Handle Tuning Wrench, Battery Powered Digital Chromatic Tuner, JRS Hammers, String Polishing Cake)
Case: $215
 
Damper System and Internal Stereo Pick-up available upon request.