February 18 Celebration

[sunburst]

Thanks John! Could you please post FULL front pic? I use the full outline for alignemnt and resize of pic to fit the drawing. I'll try to use this but there is some possibility of error.

Since this thread re-surfaced and reminded me, here are a few more pics. The full face with the bars located by paper strips, the full face strung up following the repair, and a couple of quick before-and-after shots of the damaged area of the top.

[tree]

You are scary good, John - where did the crack go? That seems impossible!

Did you do anything to the finish other than clean it?

[sunburst]

Did you do anything to the finish other than clean it?

Thanks, Clark. Yes, a little French polish touch-up to the finish. Well, actually more than a little touch-up, but I tried to restrict it to the area covered by the tailpiece, and tried to make it match the wear condition of the surrounding finish.

[Timbofood]

John, seeing that reminded me of what a clock maker said when he was doing a repair to my family tall case clock (200 years old)
As he worked on the piece he said softly to the clock:"I don't even want YOU to know I was here!" The statement was touching to hear. He said ordinarily he just doesn't want the people to know where the repair was, he had to make the repair piece to "match" the old material as best he could.
It's very refreshing to see work which is more "restoration" than repair.
Excellent work sir!

[sunburst]

As he worked on the piece he said softly to the clock:"I don't even want YOU to know I was here!"

The "correct" way to do restoration-type repairs is to work in the style of the original builder and to attempt to make the repaired area look as undisturbed as possible. Often, the temptation is to make the repair look better than it "should", and that is sometimes a difficult thing. I was generally happy with the way this one turned out.