On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 15:07:09 -0700, Joseph wrote:
>
>Actually if you look at Challis' light-alloy frames, his titanium bridges
>and alloy-fibreglass sandwich soundboards, there's considerable
>craftsmanship in evidence. And how is his joinery any more fake than Caleb
>Warner's. I don't understand.
>
No disagreement on craftsmanship. But Challis enclosed his instruments with (very nice) wood with dovetail-shaped splines that
suggest (to a casual observer) that he did a wooden case with dovetail corners. Warner obviously had a bending shop (Probably New
England Ring and Flange) bend aluminum channel over a form. The result doesn't try to look like something else.
Rodney Myrvaagnes J36 Gjo/a
Senior Editor Electronic Products
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