The back of the instrument is made from tonewood – a part of the old piano soundboard, cut to size and planed to thickness – about 6mm thick. You can see that the glue (or varnish) on the soundboard penetrated very deeply in one of the pieces (butt glued) of the soundboard. Thjis doesn’t matter though – it will be inside the instrument. The other side is clear of marks.

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