The progress reports

Each week we update this page with new photos of instruments in progress. The updates will usually be sometime on Monday, which is the end of our work week.

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

Week ending June 2, 2003

VG36: all.the accroutrements assembled for oil-hardening the punches for the hidden Schaller tuners.

VG36: The punches after hardening, still covered with scale.

VG36: the punches being used on the mill to square up the corners inside the blackwood grips

VG38: the parts for the keybox

Esprit prototype: gluing up the stock for the keybox

Esprit prototype: redesigning the peghead shape

Esprit prototype: gluing the keybox together

Esprit prototype: drilling for the wheel and shaft

VG32: gluing in the retaining ring for the back panel

VG32: laser cutting the back for the amp parts

VG32: gluing the soundboard

VG32: starting to cut the binding channel

Guitar-lute: regluing the linings

Justin's VG: the electronics being installed

Justin's VG: gluing on the keybox and other parts

Justin's VG: the tailpiece is glued on with the help of an innovative jig that Justin made.

AW's luteback: removing the wheel and bridges - not as easy as had been hoped!

AW's liuteback - the soundboard and bracing are off

A symphonie returns to have the top refitted with magnets to hold it in place.

In the garden, the great nuisance is this year's infestation of caterpillers, which have stripped entire trees of leaves (though fortunately none of ours.)

See other weeks for more pictures.

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Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments

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