Thread: I got a bunch of free over 100 year old timber

Nice score shame its now in pieces but thats progress I guess.

I can just imagine which peice goes into which project. I, like you, recycle LUMBER into most of my projects. I look forward to seeing which which peice became what.
Srichard44

Can they change the background of this post to green? Nice pick up Crowie

Wow Crowie Awesome score. I had a look on Wikipedia link here.
Mason and Hamlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

At the bottom are several models and it seems they are all made of Mahogany. There is also other woods listed such as bubinga, walnut and rosewood.

Man those pieces are going to make some awesome toys. If only the wood could talk.

Bret

Dang Crowie!!

A buddy of mine restores antique pipe organs and having helped him on a few projects, I kinda am torn on whether that's a great killer wood find or sad to see another vintage organ go to scrap. It is a good find though and at least the wood will be used and live again as another heirloom piece!

I hadn't even considered organs as a source of scrap though and I do have a couple of connections. I might have to make a few calls! LOL!

Thank you Bret for the great info.
The grain & colours in the timber are beaut.
Sorry to your friend Wolf.
Cheers all, Crowie

Picked up the timber from the bellows today.
It some sort of thick 3 ply veneer.
Check out the air vibrator too, made 21sy June 1885.
Also the long solid piece of timber with all the pins in it.
So beautiful, all this old, old timber; seems ashame to cut it up for toys but better than the bin.
Cheers, crowie

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Hi Crowie
Great score maybe a gigantic music box
colbra

My neighbour suggested a couple of jewellery boxes but my skills for the precision corners are still very much a work in progress and I'd hate to waste such beautiful timber on "just having a go" then stuffing it up.....crowie

Hi Pete what happened to the key board it may have been made from ebony and ivory maybe.
Do you think the organ would have been worth anything, it seems a shame to pull it down? Would it be possible to rebuild it or is to late.

Hi crowie,
I just googled that Organ Make & No.
You should have a look to see what is was & to hear this Chap having a play.
Like someone said, I too, hate to see beautiful Instruments being dumped.
Hope we get see an Item or 2 when you get to use it.

Wow! that will keep you out of mischief for a while crowie

Sad to see it in this state. Almost too good for toys unless they are a truly representative model of something.

We will not see ithe results here, they will be in the scale model section. I hope you do not use it when pine would have done.

Pete

Nice haul Crowie. Am i jealous "YES I AM"