Twin tenors
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:59 pm
Back in the mists of time (2009) the OLF had a Buy/Sell/Swap thingummy and your very own Bob Connor had some wood to sell. Among other things I bought two tenor uke sets of tiger myrtle
I started building them at New Year 2010 and they were almost finished in October. But I had a problem French polishing the bodies. The shellac wouldn’t harden. I’d do a session, leave them hanging up for a while and then lay them carefully on an old towel covered by an even older t-shirt and the next morning they’d be stuck to the t-shirt. I tried hanging them up for two or three days but if I put them down on anything overnight there’d be an imprint in the finish the next day. In the end I got fed up with them and left them in a drawer where they stayed until we moved house recently.
When I got them out the polish seemed to have hardened so I finished them off. Our two eldest grandchildren had their 18th birthdays recently, so they got one each.
I started building them at New Year 2010 and they were almost finished in October. But I had a problem French polishing the bodies. The shellac wouldn’t harden. I’d do a session, leave them hanging up for a while and then lay them carefully on an old towel covered by an even older t-shirt and the next morning they’d be stuck to the t-shirt. I tried hanging them up for two or three days but if I put them down on anything overnight there’d be an imprint in the finish the next day. In the end I got fed up with them and left them in a drawer where they stayed until we moved house recently.
When I got them out the polish seemed to have hardened so I finished them off. Our two eldest grandchildren had their 18th birthdays recently, so they got one each.