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Backs for 2 more cellos with a layout template and jointing plane. |
I love this job- it is like the first day of school, full of excitement and promise, with pleasant memories chiming in. Memories of a 1997 purchasing trip; jet-lagged and driving a rented car to Bavaria while big BMWs passed me at 100+ MPH on the Autobahn. Clambering over huge piles of wood to sift and select what I wanted...anxiety of its safe arrival, stacking and storing it. All these years later finding these old friends and dreaming about what a beautiful instrument it will make. Beats working.
The decisive physicality of this work- a joint is either right or it is not- will be a nice counterpoint to my recent occupations. What Hazlitt called the "inefficacy and slow progress of intellectual compared to mechanical excellence." Time for some mechanical excellence.
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This cello back has been through summer heat, winter cold, and a small flood since being purchased in 1997. |
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