I was looking at lap steels on eBay and one of these came up. I lost that auction but started a correspondence with Bob Allen who makes these in Tennessee. He made this one for me and gave me a great deal. I've got this tuned to C6.

Here is the Melbert Guitars Website

Every few months I pull this out and try to play it, but I'm not making any progress. Maybe it's the C6th tuning or maybe 8 strings is too many. I may sell it and get a 6 string lap steel.