Here's what I'm up to when there's smoke or sawdust flying in the shop.
Photos from the second time I cut the
bell off a horn and install bell rings.

She was so impressed with that job that she brought
me her year-old Yamaha667 so I could fix the valves.
My nephews came looking for an ocarina after playing the game.

The only one I could find was too expensive for them so I started making my own.

And my most recent project, a "Celtic" lap harp.
Built from the remains of a scrapped piano.