Zuckermann Spinet Harpsichord

So I've got a new project.  A friend was cleaning his house to make room for a new baby.  He thought of me when he came across this harpsichord in his basement.  His wife got it at an auction as basically a "basket case" quite a while ago.  My friend had thought he would restore it bet never had the time.  He seems to think it was a kit from some time in the 60's.  I tend to agree after doing some research.  It appears to be a Zuckermann Spinet Harpsichord.  They don't seem to be all that desirable in terms of quality but it should be fun fixing up none the less.

The pics...

Here are some pictures of what it should look like when it's all fixed up...

Mandolin Stand

I've needed a stand for my mandolins for some time.  I've purchased some guitar stands in the past but they have all been too big.  One was adjustable and i thought it would work for the mando but no such luck.  So, I thought I would try making one instead.  Here's how it has turned out so far.

I will do another French polish session tomorrow and glue on the leather pads. I think this turned out pretty decent. It will certainly come in handy!

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Finished it up last night.  I've got to keep in mind that it's only a stand...  I don't need to spend any more time on it.  Here's the end product:

Mandolin Arm Rest

Here's another small project.  I made a Mandolin arm rest from some wood I had laying around and a violin chin rest from a local music store.  I cut the wood to match the curve of the mandolin and then started carving.  I stained it with the leftover stain from when I refurbished the mandolin so that they closely match.  A final french polish to finish it off.

Webcor Amp Conversion III

I'm done for now.  Everything works great and sounds good too.  There are tons of things that could have been done but this was strictly to get something running without completely rebuilding the thing...

Webcor Amp Conversion II

I did a little more work on the amp the other day.  I picked up some sample fabric from a local fabric store  that just happened to be big enough to cover the new baffle I made for the amp.  I have swapped out the speaker from the Conn organ and replaced it with a JBL D-123 from the mid 1960's.  The JBL is a much beefier speaker.

I've got a few things to finish up on this amp.  I don't want to do too much modifying.  This was supposed to be the simple one.  I have plenty of parts to make a more complicated amp later.

What remains to be done:

Fuse Block
Stand-by Switch
External Speaker Jack
Power Light
Remote mounting of "Gain" potentiometer
Add in a "Master Volume" potentiometer between the preamp stage and the Power amp.

Here are the most recent pictures: