The years of accumulated expertise is just astounding. No Big Bang high speed forming going on here. I guess production quantities are too small to even consider farming this out to a big press shop? - long live traditional craftsmanship - although I am not sure that it will!
My other occupation is flute making and that is now on the heritage craft associations "red list" of endangered crafts. Covid has seen me turn to upgrading M3Ws more and more because no one wants to try an instrument that you have to put in your mouth and I am sure that this, in conjunction with the stopping of exhibitions will be the end of some makers careers. I continue to make instruments between visits from M3W owners and I hope to continue for as long as I can but the thought of aerosol transmission of the virus by wind instrument players is quite depressing. It is a pity that taking on an apprentice is such an onerous business - if there were any youngsters interested in training to be dinosaurs , of course.
Have a happy Sunday afternoon folks.
