Master craftsman Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was an organ and piano maker, carpenter, and mason. He is best known for building the incredible tool chest above during his tenure at the Poole Piano Company in Massachusetts, working on it over the course of thirty years. Using ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, rosewood, and mahogany— all materials used in the manufacture of pianos— he refined the chest to the point that, even now in the twenty-first century, it is still in a class by itself.Rico says he's just as glad he can buy a nasty ol' plastic toolbox, and doesn't have to make his own...
The Studley Tool Chest holds three hundred tools, yet measures only nine inches deep, thirty-nine inches high, and eighteen inches wide when closed. Every tool has a custom-made holder to keep it in place, many with beautiful inlays, and tiny clasps that rotate for easy access. As the chest folds closed, tools from the left side nestle precisely between tools on the right side.
25 November 2013
Studly, indeed
Rico's friend Kelley forwards this splendid piece of craftsmanship:
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