How to make a realistic tagelharpa from a cardboard box!

I've been playing tagelharpa for 2 years now and I got annoyed by the squeezing sound my first instrument makes. I had two tagelharpa's already. A normal sized one and a bass tagelharpa. I really liked the sound of my bass tagelharpa, but the normal sized one wasn't really sounding as how I wanted it to sound.
As music instruments aren't the cheapest thing in the world to buy, I wasn't happy with the idea of buying a third one. I decided to make one myself.
I had no experience with woodworking, so I decided to create a cardboard prototype. I've once seen somebody (Aldo Mett) creating a cardboard tagelharpa while scrolling on social media and it seemed to be possible. Let's give this a try!
So I studied the design that I saw on social media. And I made my own, bigger version of it. When it was finished, it sounded better as I was even hoping for. So I decided to give it a layer of paint. And after the painting, the instrument didn't even sound like a real tagelharpa, but it really looks like one! An old wooden instrument with rusty cast iron fittings and jute rope attachments/decorational braids.
In this video I show you all the steps that I took. And if you repeat them the same way, you could also create a tagelharpa from a cardboard box!
I'm now crafting this design with wood. I'll make a comparing video in the future when my first wooden prototype is finished.
Credits for Aldo Mett. Who created the inspiration for this project.
Aldo Mett's KZbin page: / thealdobert
Music used in this video:
Moritz_Tagelkartonna (sound of the actual instrument shown in the video).
Moritz_Howling winds of Njǫrd.
Moritz Ft. Ashnakag_The Baptized Menhir.
Moritz_Vlyagendus Hoollandear.
Moritz Ft. Demy Janssen_Forest of Inclinations.
Copyrights:
Music: Kevin Janssen (Moritz).
Video: Kevin Janssen (Moritz).
Pictures: Kevin Janssen (Moritz).
Logo's: Kevin Janssen (Moritz).

[@Aftenstorm]

Very very cool.

[@MoritzMagicMusic]

Thank you! I'm now crafting this model from furniture wood. And after this I'll try hardwood. And when all are finished, I'll compare all three together. See what the difference in sound will be.

[@cecilharper8723]

ᵖʳᵒᵐᵒˢᵐ 😡

[@MoritzMagicMusic]

Misspelled 🤐.