Making a Steinway piano
December 10, 2025 • #The year-long process of hand making a Steinway grand piano.
Topic / craftsmanship
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Craftsmanship involves knocking down a succession of steps until it feels βdoneβ. Cutting, milling, gluing, trimming, assembling, finishing, painting. Each step takes its input from the previous, and might have to correct course from an earlier error.
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Quality Without a Name
October 18, 2023 • #Quality is often tangible, but hard to articulate.
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Restoring Antique Tools
January 6, 2019 • #Videos from 'Black Beard Projects', from a guy that restores old tools, crafts knives, and even does leather work.
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