Does the type of wood affect the sound?
The vibration of the strings to the wood gives the instrument its tone. Due to the small surface of the soundboard and back, on the soprano psalteries, there is little difference in tone between instruments. The tone of my psalteries range from a mellow to a somewhat brighter tone. One type of wood will not always have a mellow versus a bright tone. You can take three or four instruments made from the same wood and still have differences in tone. I will give you a sound clip of each psaltery so you can compare them.
