The progress reports

Each week (hopefully) we update this page with new photos of instruments in progress. The updates are usually made on Monday.

We hope that you enjoy seeing the progress on your instrument and those of others who have them on order.

Week ending August 5, 2002

It's my brother's birthday. Happy birthday, Philip!

VG35: Fitting the keys

VG35: making the African blackwood grips for the Schaller tuners

VG35: some of the tangents

VG36: testing pigments and inlay materials for the custom inlay

Pimpard: the custom wrench for the original sympathetic pins

Germain: the pegs are fitted, and the bushing have been retouched to match the peghead

See last week for more pictures.

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Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments

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