Set with wood mounts, custom

Some shots of African blackwood projecting mounts. These parts have not yet been finished. They are just as they came off the lathe.
8abmounts.jpg (62678 bytes)The full set. 8abmountsfromside.jpg (59153 bytes)From the side. abmountcutin.jpg (61244 bytes)The top of the top mounts have nice cut-ins.
abmountclosesize.jpg (60729 bytes)There are no tool marks. abmountfromtop.jpg (58807 bytes)View from top clearly showing thread. abmountsize.jpg (59891 bytes)

 

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Views of tops.
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Views of bottom mounts on left & middle, tenor top mounts on right.
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Views of top mounts, above.
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Combing and beading. On the left, the bass top and middle (behind). You can just see the middle joint's mount in the top right.
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The cord holder shapes and other features of these pipes were inspired by the McDonald set featured in the old pipes section. Below: McDonald tenor tops compared to Kron.
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The full set, and the bottoms and blow pipe.