nouveau #7

“Tiffany Bon-Bon”

"Another of the Series’ Tiffany-themed instruments is highlighted with the soft incandescent sheen of gold coloured bon-bon dishes - classic Tiffany.  Two of Tiffany’s Favrile glass pieces (the name Tiffany gave to his glass of this style) gild the body - one right side up to reveal the generous beauty of its colour, and the other turned to reveal an original sticker applied by the studios at its creation.  These pieces from Tiffany’s history theme the instrument both in hue and form, as stylized versions of the dishes appear as pearl inlay up the neck and into the headpiece."

 

Paul Schmidt

  

design & work

woods and materials
woods and materials

"In addition to the body, neck and fingerboard woods noted for the prototype that became the standard for the Series, the woods used for the top are Yellowheart, Walnut, and Oak, with the bridge fashioned from Amazon Rosewood.  The wood shapes take their cues from the Tiffany glass forms, while the resin knobs, Catalin switch and bone pickups mirror the colour of the center wood.  All gather to produce an instrument that is at once playful and stately."

 

Paul Schmidt

 

 

 

 


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