When logs are brought from the forest, they are sawn into boards in the garden and air dried for years. Final preparation takes place in my own drybox and long term storage in a climate controlled room, where finished parts stabilize.
We saw our own veneer in traditional thicknesses, which allows hand planing in the surface preparation.
We polish with shellac, as seen in old Viennese pianos.
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Transporting wood |
Spruce |
Splitting wood |
Our saw |
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Thankful bounty |
New maple
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Walnut pattern |
Walnut |
Sawn logs |
Maple
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At work |
At work |
At work 2 |
Workshop upstairs |
Workshop upstairs |
Recent |
Graf lyre |
Stein action |
Walter action |
Workshop yard and Stein bridge |
Stein bridge |
Soundboard |
Frames and planes |
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Brugge festival presentation |
Brugge festival tuning |
Conservatory presentation |
Transport |
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Ease Of Transport |
Greater Ease |
Further Ease |
Concert readiness |
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Flight Case |
From the car |
To the elevator |
And upstairs |
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Brugge |
On the road |
Ad hoc presentation |
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Surroundings |
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House and workshop in Divisov |
Namesti and house viewed
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Dolni Namesti, bakery |
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Back yard - walnut tree |
Back yard |
Back yard - plum tree |
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Outside |
View from the entry |
Pine tree outside |
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April |
Hills |
Hard at work |
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Small church nearby |
Fields near Divisov |
Frost |
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View from workshop balcony |
Morning fog |
Spring |
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Fields |
Workshop window |
Viviana playing in workshop |
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Woods |
Castle Sternberg (5 km away) |
Sternberg, evening |
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Castle Sternberg in the summer |
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Useful links: List of budget airlines ( including 20 euro flights to Prague) www.whichbudget.com Custom flight cases www.paco-cases.pl Speed ferries - Getting to UK any time at 25pounds - www.speedferries.com Andrew Pitts - fine violoncellos and double basses - www.doublebass.eu Tuning program - www.tunelab-world.com
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