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Bending the corner purfling with steam heat to fit

Properly colored and varnished to match the old finish.

More shaping and fitting the purfling

Removing clamps, initial shaping of grafted corner and purfling.

Setting the wood graft to the corner with clamps.

Replacing the missing corner on an old G. A. Pretzschner cello.

Final adjustments to make it work right. Straightened bent aluminum key bars for proper alignment, adjusted copper springs, removed felt pads that prevented the keys from closing. Repair is finally successful!

Leveling the buttons

Tightening spring screws, further analysis trying to find the problem(s)

Adjusting the reed blocks that were a bit loose.

It plays when all the keys are closed. Not supposed to do that! First task is to replace a broken linkage.

The synthetic plug in the neck at the end of the truss rod was loose. Removed and reset so the dual action truss rod would work properly.

All 146 felt pads needed to be reset on the chord bars. This is an Oscar Schmidt 12-chord autoharp from the 1960's or 1970's. This is a problem with a lot of old autoharps (regardless of make) as the original peel-and-stick adhesive dries out over time. If you can't figure out where they go, figure out the notes in the chord, then lay the chord bar on the note chart to figure out which notes ge...

1884 German Vuillaume model demo

American Standard upright bass neck repair

Regat Rubus model violin restoration

Reassembly of the St. Johns guitar

Rewiring the electronics of the St. Johns guitar

Top thickness evaluated

Top thickness adjustment

Resetting the lower treble rib on S. Mousehouse cello

Resetting other lower rib to the end block

Glue corner block

Native American style Flute demo

Silver mousehouse cello restoration part 5

Silver mousehouse cello restoration part 8

Silver mousehouse cello restoration part 7

Silver mousehouse cello restoration part 6

Silver mousehouse cello restoration part 4