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DECORATION V: Another Australian soundboard painting

Another Australian soundboard…

The acclaim of Diana Ford’s first soundboard decoration using Australian flowers and fruits rendered in the style of early Ioannes Ruckers excited us—and gave the impetus for similar on a subsequent new instrument commission for the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, Singapore. There were a few flower substitutions made and the plain Willie wagtail of the previous board made way for the more colorful Scarlet robin, poised about to devour an insect. Diana completed the soundboard decoration for this instrument in January 2010.

CODE	SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME
1	Wahlenbergia gracilis	Australian bluebell
2	Burchardia umbellata	Milkmaids
3	Sollya heterophylla	Bluebell creeper
4	Anigozanthos manglesii	Red and green kangaroo paw
5	Thelymitra venosa	Veined sun orchid
6	Gymnostachys anceps	Settler’s flax
7	Patersonia glabrata	Leafy purple-flag
8	Olearia dentata	Toothed daisy bush
9	Dillwynia ericifolia	Parrot pea
10	Callistemon salignus	Willow bottlebrush
11	Blandfordia grandiflora	Large Christmas bells
12	Crinum flaccidum	Darling lily
13	Petroica multicolor	Scarlet robin
14	Eugenia cyanocarpa	Blue lilly pilly
15	Acacia longifolia	Sydney golden wattle
16	Actinotus helianthus	Flannel flower
17	Grevillea alpina	Mountain grevillea
18	Acacia bulgaensis	Bulga wattle
19	Ceratopetalum gummiferum	New South Wales Christmas bush
20	Hakea pubescens	[no common name]
21	Eucalyptus sp	Gum (blossom)
22	Clianthus formosus	Sturt’s desert pea
23	Ptilotus exaltatus	Pink mulla mulla
24	Acacia implexa	Hickory wattle
25	Eucalyptus sp	Gum
26	Clematis aristata	Old man’s beard
27	Callistemon linearis	Narrow-leafed bottlebrush
28	Syzygium leuhmannii	Small-leafed lilly pilly
29	Podolepis acuminata	Showy podelepis
30	Cissus baudinianthus	Wild grape
31	Eucalyptus sp	Gum (nuts)
32	Telopea speciosissima	New South Wales waratah

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