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The rosette is comprised of 32 strips of multicolored wood. I had Gurian make me some but the ones they made had problems and they said they didn't think they could make them for me in the future.. Hoping I can find someone else that could make these.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Peter Z

There is a classical rosette making YouTube video where the guy shows laminating the layers in a tube shape around a pipe and the he bandsaws the individual rosette off that laminated "tube" he's made. If you could find a way to fabricate a metal tube in the irregular oval shape of your sound hole, you could do your own with veneer sheets. The guy is a classical builder and I think you'll find it if you search "making classical guitar rosette".

Not the same as giving you a name of someone to do it for you, but a possible fallback if you can't find anyone.

I appreciate that but I am already making my other rosiest that way.. It's just that the ones in the picture have so many layers and I'd rather be doing other aspects of building guitars if I can possibly find someone to make the rosettes.. If I can't than I will have to do it myself, but it will probably result in me just not making that style very often..

Peter Z

Michael Collins sells them
http://collinsguitar.com/shop/d-hole-rosette

Stephen Faulk has a nice video which shows a method that would work well and makes the process look very easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Mu5p_8IJYg8

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Thanks but I already make my oval-hole rosettes similarly to the way they show in the video..

I am hoping to find a rosette manufacturer similar to Gurian if there is one?

This isn't a case of how to make them.. I know how. I am just looking to farm this step of the process out. I do most everything else myself (accept for finishing).. I'd just like to find someone that could make these to my specs if possible.

Thanks, Peter Z