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35292 Peter Lundin <pelu0005@s...> 1998‑01‑25 Tired of lurking - introducing myself
Greetings Neanderthals, (and Neandertalettes)

After a week of lurking, I feel that it's time to dive in, My name is 
Peter Lundin, I live In Gothenburg, Sweden (that's to the left of Nothern 
Russia on the map folks) I'm actually a former professional cabinetmaker 
- in the sence that have all the formal qualifications (schools and 
apprenticeship) but I don't work making furniture professionaly any more. 
Nope, by one of those fortunate U-turns that life takes I got a chance to 
make one of my 'hobbies' my line of livelyhood -  that is; historical 
pianos - so these days I build them, study them, and occasionally write 
things about them at the University of Gothenburg. 

I have been working with wood since before I could walk, I'm literary 
stuffed with sawdust from growing up in my uncles' workshop. Besides 
wood, Music has been the other major factor in my life, playing guitar 
and piano. And thus, a combination of the both has always come natural to 
me. I also belive that growing up in a rural village, on the island, 
Gotland (in the middle of the Baltic sea, also to the left of Russia on 
the map) had a very positive influence on me, I never rush to anything, 
You know, each tool has it's day.

To be honest, My tool collecting is very random, I rearly buy tools 
because they are collectors items, nope, I usualy let stuff pass by if I 
can not find a proper use for it in the shop. Still, it's my deepest 
feeling that most old tools are superior to the things produced to day 
(Yes, I know there are exeptions) - anyway as a piano builder (and 
cabinetmaker) I very often end up building the tool I need myself, and 
thats one of the joys of beeing a neanderthal. You have to lern the in's 
and out's of several neighbouring crafts. Coming to planes, I'm the 
wooden type of guy, mostly because it'll take me an hour to make one I 
can use for a lifetime. 

Looking at this, I've probobly left out everything interesting about 
myself, anyway I hope I can contribute to some of the on going threads, 
and even help creating one or two myself... enough now, got to get back 
to the workbench, I have to finish the new assembly table I'm building 
for the shop...

-A day not spent learning, is a day lost.

Ps/ I appologize to the list's gramathical police, English is only my 
third language, and I've only been at it for so long. So; if I use some 
unidiomatic turns, it's just because the English language fails me  8^)

ptr

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Peter Lundin,
Maker and Researcher of historical pianos
University of Gothenburg
Sweden

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