Hurdy Gurdy: I Am The Keymaster

...gotta love them Ghostbusters.

Last night I glued the keychest onto the soundboard, then this morning I spend many moments sanding down the keys (little narrow blocks of wood) so they'd fit freely into the keychest. Once that was done, I put them in and glued a long strip of wood to the outside. Once it dries, I'll cut the pieces apart from one another with a jig saw (pray for me) and voila, the keys for the hurdy gurdy.

Here's the button stock drying on the keys. I flipped the instrument onto its side to take advantage of gravity, and am using a level to weigh down the button stock. This could come crashing down at any moment now.


One thing I will say about this project -- I've learned that, 7 times out of 10, hand-sanding is much more productive than using a power sander.