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Choir Stands
The choir stands are built of quarter sawn oak. The construction methods used were fine joinery of all panels, and then countersunk screw / grain matched tapered oak plug construction. Each side panel is composed of two boards joined together, with the back of the director's stand composed of six. The stands include a 40watt music lamp, hidden wiring, and an eight foot retractable electrical cord. The storage interior beneath the hinged face panel has been lined with fine maroon felt.
For the set of 7 choir stands and one director's stands as pictured, all the oak is from three trees, one red oak (5 stands), one white (2 stands, plus the director's stand a combination of white oak with red oak trim), and one black (shelves). The slight contrast is beautiful, and we have taken advantage of it to accent the panels and trim accordingly. The doors for the director's stand have been accented with English stained glass.
The original raw logs came from the Walden Woods area of Massachusetts, home of Henry David Thoreau, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Louisa May Alcott. We estimate the wood to be approximately 200 years old. The oak was 'quarter sawn' at Red Rail Farm, in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and barn dried there for three years. Quarter sawing is a unique (and somewhat difficult) way of sawing a log, that creates a very artistic and consistent grain pattern, with 'medullaris' splaying like little leaves. All panels are bookmatched. Quarter sawn oak is a grain pattern used for building the interiors of many churches here in New England, and is commonly known as 'Gospel Oak'.
woodworks
Nikolai R. Lukianov, proprietor
108 LaSalle Avenue
Saxonville, MA 01701
508.380.8019
Northern Pine - $600
Northern Pine - $1650
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