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| | The Art of Inlay |
 | | Inlay in America today often adorns guitars, banjos, mandolins and other musical instruments, as well as furniture, fine woodwork, jewelry, wall hangings, and various objects d'art. |
 | | Traditional musical instrument inlays are general limited to just a few media-mother-of-pear1 in its various guises, silver, ivory, and wood--and the media are very seldom combined and used together. |
 | | Inlay has traditionally been a composition of shell, metal, stone, and tusk (with wood to a lesser degree) that is glued into a cavity that has been hollowed out of the surface. |
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