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   cliff | Mar 05, 2000 03:44pm | #1

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   Nope, can't say as I do. What I do have is about a dozen unrestored originals back in the store room I haven't gotten around to doing anything with yet. Wanna buy one? Actually they're pretty darn simple to construct. The curved tambour top is thin plywood steamed and dried over a form. The front and back are also typically plywood about 1/4 to 3/8 thick. The bottom was usually 3/4 poplar or some other inexpensive hardwood. This serves as carrier for the gong coil or chime rods depending on whether the movement used was a simple bim/bam or a westminster chime unit. It was often made as a universal piece that worked with either type movement on any tambour case in the line (they made a same size cutout in the base of all cases to accept this piece). The movement was typically direct mounted to the inner side of the plywood face via mounting tabs on the movement. The rear door is most often rectangular with arched top made of very good quality multiply thin plywood.