An Interesting Article...Ship Salvage

[AlexThePalex]

Yay for digital! Round clocks can go the way of the stagecoach.

Sometimes when you ask the older generation for the time you get answers like "a little past five" or "ten to half six".

I don't think like that anymore. For me it is 5:07 or 17:20.

 

[xedos]

I love all my chronographs, but the fact is my Casio watches are just as accurate , more reliable and a lot easier to maintain. 

Fancy analog timepieces, especially complications aren't going anywhere. People don't buy them for practicality. If they did, Casio and Seiko would have run all the Swiss makers out if business in the 70's.

And not everyone wants to receive a phone call on their wrist.

 

[Sparktrician]

I don't think like that anymore. For me it is 5:07 or 17:20.

Concur!  Try getting a millennial to understand the concept of "o'clock"...  [big grin]

 

[Gregor]

Try getting a millennial to understand the concept of "o'clock"...  [big grin]

But it's so simple:

 

[Cheese]

This if for you photography buffs out there. How about a trip to Iceland in the hopes of surfing under the Northern Lights?
http://www.underanarcticsky.com

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[Bob D.]

Cheese, that Casio World Time is 20+ years old(just looked it up it's from 1988). I had one but not in the brass case. Mine was black with a black band.

Found it in a drawer with a couple other old watches. A Casio Wrist Camera from ~1995 and an Old Citizen Divers watch.

 

[tjbnwi]

Lyon & Healy, located in Chicago, have been building wooden harps by hand since 1889. The neck & body are hard maple while the sound board is Sitka spruce. The string pull can exceed 2000 PSI and there are almost 2000 individual parts in a Concert Grand harp. 

The 23-karat gold leaf is applied by hand with a squirrel-hair brush thanks to static electricity.

With all of the hand work involved, a harp can cost over $100,000 and takes about a year to construct.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2019/The-Chicago-Harp-That-Rules-the-World/

Here's the Lyon & Healy website:
https://www.lyonhealy.com/lyon-healy-harps/harps-maker-company-history/

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[member=44099]Cheese[/member],

I just saw this, so.....

When exiting 94 north onto Ohio to head west, you end up facing south. In front of you is the Lyon and Healy building. You can see the harps in various stages of build through the windows. 3 floors if I recall correctly. Years ago when I first had the experience of seeing this building I had to research the building. To this day it amazes me to see the harps.

For those of you who want to own a piece of the company but not a harp——Washburn guitar.

I’ve also had the privilege of working in/on the old Hammond organ building

Tom

 

[thender]

Lyon & Healy, located in Chicago, have been building wooden harps by hand since 1889. The neck & body are hard maple while the sound board is Sitka spruce. The string pull can exceed 2000 PSI and there are almost 2000 individual parts in a Concert Grand harp. 

The 23-karat gold leaf is applied by hand with a squirrel-hair brush thanks to static electricity.

With all of the hand work involved, a harp can cost over $100,000 and takes about a year to construct.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2019/The-Chicago-Harp-That-Rules-the-World/

Here's the Lyon & Healy website:
https://www.lyonhealy.com/lyon-healy-harps/harps-maker-company-history/

My mom was a harpist and I grew up with a Lyon & Healy model 23 in the house. 

When I got older I got to help move it to/from rehearsal and concerts;  it isn't so heavy but it is very bulky, and naturally mom was always very nervous about it. 

She still has it, although she hasn't played in many years.

They are truly amazing instruments;  both the cosmetics of the woodwork, but also the mechanism. 

 

[Cheese]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member],

I just saw this, so.....

When exiting 94 north onto Ohio to head west, you end up facing south. In front of you is the Lyon and Healy building. You can see the harps in various stages of build through the windows. 3 floors if I recall correctly. Years ago when I first had the experience of seeing this building I had to research the building. To this day it amazes me to see the harps.

Thanks for that Tom [member=4105]tjbnwi[/member] I think I know exactly the location you're talking about as I stumbled upon it the last time I was in Chicago.  However, if they were to light the interior at night it could make a great billboard but without the monthly fees.  [smile]

 

[Cheese]

For the last several years a local artist has erected what's known in the neighborhood as an "Ice Portal". It's pretty neat considering the artist willingly absorbs all of the expenses to produce & maintain the ice sculpture. It's usually erected around the last couple of weeks of January when the temperatures will be consistently below 10ºF both day & night. It's usually dismantled by late February because of the daily temperature increase. Thus it has a very short gestation period.

It's usually a series of large ice cubes suspended with stainless cable. Sometimes there are ice encryptions and sometimes there are just various ice forms. It all depends upon the whims of the artist...as it should be.

Here's a photo of one of our dogs progressing through the Ice Portal and doing what she does best...just being a dog...ahead of the pack.  [smile]

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Here's something for you light sleepers to figure out...start with the 3rd word and go forth.  [smile] I know what it says.  [poke]

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And here's what it looks like tonight...preparing for tomorrow. Just a different form of kinetic art.

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