Specialty Design
At Hudson River Inlay, we take particular pride in creating the individual specialty inlaid artwork our customers commission us to design, like the one-of-a-kind Satin Rose art case piano we created in 2005 for Steinway & Sons, the Father-and-Son golfer inlaid piece created for British golf legend Tony Jacklin, or the intricately designed pair of marquetry Telecaster guitars handcrafted for Fender Guitars.

If you've got a specialty item in mind, call Hudson River Inlay at (800) 745-0744 - or email us at info@hudsonriverinlay.com - and let us make your artistic visions an inlaid artwork reality.

Click on the images below to see each inlaid artwork in greater detail.

"Satin Rose" Piano
(for Steinway & Sons)

The Satin Rose piano features more than 3,500 individually inlaid pieces in an intricate design of floral and musical components. Part of the design was replicated from a Louis XIV secretary in Versailles.

 

"Peace Dove and Fruit"
(for Fernando Rivera)

This phenomenal piece was commissioned by Fernando Rivera for his hacienda in San Juan, to replicate a piece he'd created that was destroyed in World War II. Each of the more than 3,000 wood pieces in this elaborate undertaking (the piece measures 6 by 11 feet) was individually hand inlaid by Hudson River Inlay.
 

"Serenity" Piano
(for Steinway & Sons)

Created in 2002 by Hudson River Inlay master designer Jeff Nelson, this piano contains more than 1,500 inlaid pieces in a wistful autumn leaves-and-butterflies motif.


"Floral Garland"
(Ceiling Molding)

Made up of at least 3,500 individually inlaid pieces, this gorgeous floral garland molding adorns a home in California . Designer Jeff Nelson said this ceiling molding was commissioned for one of Hudson River Inlay 's repeat customers - a fellow woodworker, "who wanted to make a beautiful room for his wife."

Telecasters
(for Fender Guitar)

One of the master builders at Fender Guitars, which produces specialty and one-of-a-kind guitars, noticed the elaborate inlaid artwork displayed by Hudson River Inlay at an art festival in Southern California; he subsequently contacted Hudson River Inlay to craft these intricately designed masterpieces on a pair of their world-famous Telecaster guitars (sold to collectors in Europe).

"Father & Son"
(for Tony Jacklin)

Hudson River Inlay was honored to be asked to create this handcrafted artwork for noted British golf legend and World Golf Hall-of-Famer Tony Jacklin, who is himself a longtime creator of marquetry artwork. Personally designed by Tony Jacklin, this piece comprises 12 different types of wood and boasts approximately 1,500 individually inlaid pieces - including many mother-of-pearl inlays.