Technical Library DECORATION IX: Roses Entire Contents Copyright ©2005 CBH

About Flemish Roses…

All the old Flemish makers had a rose: It was their signature. Many of the Ruckers roses were a representation of an angel playing the lyre, the initials of the maker supported on either side. The rose doesn’t affect the sound, but is purely decorative, providing a beautiful centre of the wreath of flowers if you decide to decorate your soundboard in a traditional manner.

It’s traditional to gild both the rose and its surrounding chamfer with genuine gold leaf. And that is easier done before the rose is installed in the board.

The rose that we offer from THE PARIS WORKSHOP is inspired by Ruckers models, but instead of the Ruckers initials we have used “TPW”. If you wish, you can remove these and make your own initials. The rose is always installed from the underside of the soundboard, and can be done at any time before the bottom is attached to the case.

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