HeatherGems - Modern Thistle Brooch badge Good King Wenceslas

Good King Wenceslas

Lady Loudon

From early on Les Cowell diligently sought input from champion players on what makes for the best-sounding instrument

while the turnbuckle tension system provides quick and easy pitch-perfect tuning

HeatherGems - Modern Thistle Brooch badge Good King WenceslasHeathergems are handmade from the stems of heather, which is a common Scottish plant renowned for its purple bloom. The heather used is too old to provide any nutrition for wildlife and is cut in a manner which promotes the growth of new heather. The stems are dried, shot blasted to remove bark and dyed various colors using natural dyes. Stems of different colors are then mixed together and compressed into a block. Eighty tons of pressure is required