admin
THE PLAN
This year we are getting rid of stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff. And I can proudly say, that I think we are down to still having too much stuff, but having the kind of stuff that we’ll hang on until we know we don’t need it. I had two sales down at the shop, and got […]
Goodbye, Arkla Servell!!
We needed a project. We needed some success. After getting the kids through there last months of homeschooling, and all the other sort of last minute things that crammed into the end of the school year, we needed to go back to the shop and have a success. Zac detailed out that he could disassemble […]
The New Floor
We were back to it. The second of three rooms to get the floor treatment. A couple of days of wheelbarrowing dirt out, and dumping it in our neighbors yard (with permission, yes!) and the room was satisfactory to code, the termite guy, and to all peoples who will have to crawl under the floor […]
Floor Demolition
Finally, the two grand pianos are gone, the metal recycling is gone, all the things people wanted, they came and picked up. The permit from the city, Zac went and got. The contractors came out, they bid on the job. The contractors came out, they wouldn’t bid on the job. This is just the kind […]
Looking a gift horse in the mouth.
Last year when Harvey Robinson, aka Hillbilly, had a hard time leaving the shop, all the tools ended up in the pawn shop, and well, that just kind of took the wind out of our sails. I mean, it was such an amazing feat to get a new floor in the big room, but when […]
It’s the year 2013.
New Years Eve. I had a great time. We went out with the kids, I was ready for a relatively calm family style new years eve, where you quietly dismiss yourself around 10:30 to go home, because you know there is no way your kids can reasonably make it to midnight, and quite frankly you […]
Brute force and the strength of one man.
Newton Smith. Zac’s dad. Came out to visit, prepared to wreak some havoc on the “future studio” room. It is the smallest of the three, yet somehow had attracted most of the stuff. So one by one, Zac and Newt hauled the pianos out of the small room, and into (sniff!) the empty (ish) room […]
Back to Bizness
With the new year, and the Hillbilly gone, it is time to get back to work. First things first, it seems we need to get this window in the back of 236 Ouachita, and then we can move on with our mysterious and wonderful plan! This is not the page for speculation, but rather a […]
Have you seen “This Man”????
Our worst fears confirmed, our worst suspicions become a reality, when upon our return from Christmas the piano shop was deserted. Now, where were those tools? What about that job site that Harvey Robinson (master disaster carpenter) was working at? And why did he leave behind food, and the pictures of his kids? And why […]
Extended Rental Season
Fall is upon us, so we tucked into the back window, which was in desperate need of repair, as there was no window, and no salvageable wood left in the arched frame, and really, there was almost nothing to repair. Got it? Meanwhile, Hillbilly, our itinerant carpenter, had moved onto the green couch in […]