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**Canceled due to Covid-19 closure of BARN. 5/7/20 SK

This class has a prerequisite. Please see below.

Spend the Memorial Day weekend making an intriguing three-stringed instrument called a Strumstick.

It's tuned as a dulcimer, but whether you already know how to play that instrument or not doesn't really matter. A Strumstick is easy to play by placing the finger of one hand on a string while your other hand strums the strings. Plus, in this class, you're sure to have fun simply creating a beautiful wooden instrument using basic bandbox technology.

You will complete a playable instrument in the class, but there won't be time for final finishing. The instructor will discuss finishes and embellishments, and there will be examples of different approaches. But you will need to decorate your instrument as you desire after the class is finished. 

Tools used will be the bandsaw, a variety of sanders, and the router table.

Details:

• * Beginners are welcome but all students must have first completed Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2. To see dates and to register for this  class, see the Woodworking Calendar.
  
• Ages 14+ are welcome.

• Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.

• Wear closed-toe shoes, avoid loose-fitting clothing and dangling jewelry, and tie back long hair.
• There will be a lunch break during the Monday session. If you want to bring food from home, BARN has a refrigerator and microwave available for your use.
  

Instructor: Ted Newman. Ted is a BARN safety monitor and instructor. He studied woodworking and assisted in classes at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. Ted is spending much of the summer of 2020 assisting at workshops led by the Strumstick's inventor, Beth Ireland, at three of the country's top craft schools: Penland School of Craft in North Carolina, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine. Beth gave him permission to teach Strumstick-making at BARN. He made the instruments in the picture above.