The progress reports

Each week we update this page with new photos of instruments in progress. The updates will usually be on Tuesday.

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

Week ending May 25, 2004

See last week, or next week, or the index of other weeks for more pictures.

After a very long hiatus, the photos are back! There's no way to show everything that's happened in the past six months, but we'll try to show some of the high points.

An Orca with the back braces being glued in

VG38

Orca

LB5 - binding

AWLB - laying out the position of the modified tailpiece - the dividers at left are part of a set which was a gift from my father, who inherited them from his father.

AWLB - the soundboard is masked and ready for finishing

VG

AWLB - gluing together

Nina's Colson!

AWLB - it's done!

LB5 - laying out the keybox sides and fitting them to the peghead

Nina's - it's done!

Nina's - the Colson name stamp in place in the keybox side

The addition for the dust collector - framing in

A Minstrel being glued up

Three MG soundboards (and one back)

LB repair - replacing a rib

LB5 - the tailpiece being fitted

LB5 - masked for finishing

LB5 - starting to carve the peghead

LB5 - not quite done yet, but considerably further along! (Include some time out for my hand to heal...)

A stack of Orca bodies

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Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments

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