The idea and execution is brilliant and his name should be attached 
to them in perpetuity as "Skowroneck Lifters"!

David

At 00:01 30-05-17, Tilman Skowroneck wrote:
 >
 >It's kind of funny--when he still was in full stride, my dad actually
 >used to be a little secretive about his lifter hook thingies. I guess
 >that's the only of his "ideas" about which he didn't just tell
 >anybody. He later changed and I'm sure that he would have been
 >thrilled to read this discussion. Sadly, now not even my mom is around
 >any more, so there's nobody who was involved left to tell the story to.
 >
 >He made his lifters in his own shop from home-bent aluminum strips.
 >Not beautiful, but easy, and inside an instrument, he didn't care.
 >
 >Tilman
 >
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