Nephew's Rocker

V'room, v'room! Each of my grand nieces and nephews gets a piece of the The Woodcutter for their first (or so) Christmas. This was the rocking motorcycle for Drew Copas, Linda's grandson.

The Square Grand Piano

We didn't have space for a concert grand piano, so my partner Gary bought a Yamaha with a grand inside, and I built a square around it that fits the period of our home. The legs and trim are solid walnut; the sides are walnut veneer with maple inlay. The "square piano" (actually a rectangle) is sometimes called a square grand because it was strung horizontally like modern grands. After more than a hundred years of development, the design was unceremoniously dumped in the 1880's, replaced by bronze harps in uprights and in the modern horizontal harp shape.