Kerry Char's Dobro made for Gregg Miner

I got to choose custom trim

February, 2000
Engraved, gold-plated hardware by David Giulietti added in September, 2003.

My pictures don't do the koa justice

The headstock design was my own

The Miner-cello featured the original "Miner-in-the-Moon", this features the current version

Best of all, I got to re-do the hardware after meeting master engraver, David Giulietti -who engraves for National and many top independent makers.

I chose the "Violette" pettern - named for a special Dobro presentation model made for Rudy Dopyera's niece, ca. 1929. Like that instrument, the hardware is all gold-plated.