The Wassermann or the birth of a (speaker) stand for Jordan-Watts’ “Flagon”
An extremely heavy, dense, about three centuries old larch log (from a South-Tyrol’s traditional house restoration) will be a one-of-a-kind stand for beloved Jordan-Watts Flagon speakers.Two...
View ArticleCalling a vintage Guild’s “shamefully underrated” is an euphemism 🥇
Piers Faccini and M75 Aristocrat (1958)X175 “Manhattan” (details)Mary Halvorson and her Artist AwardX175 “Manhattan” (1975)F112NT (1974)Brazilian Rosewood/Adirondack F312 (1965)F212XL (1984)F212...
View ArticleHill Plasmatronics speakers - a recent find
Although I was driving a vented van around Minneapolis and could have filled it with many hundreds of records because there are some great places to shop for vinyl in the area, my real purpose was to...
View ArticleWaiting for Godot
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”Samuel Beckett by John Minihan, London, 1980🙏
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Swordfishtrombones recording session 1982, Sunset Sound, Los AngelesPhoto by Clare O'Callaghan 🥇Tom speaking about Victor Feldman in 1983, “We used some exotic instruments. Which I was against at...
View ArticlePaul Henningsen’s Avant-garde edition (1937)
PH Bow Grand Piano: Avantgarde EditionPoul Henningsen completely reimagined what a piano could be with his groundbreaking PH Bow Grand Piano of 1937. Eighty-five years later, this design still belongs...
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