The situation on the bench

Chris' piccolo is sanded and I'll make the fret slots after giving the neck a wash coat of shellac. 

The two miniatures took a leap forward and have soundboards. The fretboards are ready as well but they're not in the pic. 

To the left you can see parts for a kalimba of maple and koa, and the large board will be the soundboard of a really strange instrument called "prongs and echoes" that I read about in a book by Bart Hopkin. 

It's a fantastic guitar sized soundboard that I got from Aaron Keim. Might be stupid to waste on an experiment, but what the heck. It'll be fun.