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Hello All,
Again my thanks to so many of you who have continued to buy items from Ernie's estate. The process continues! Today I posted photos on Ernie's Estate Google photo album, of 42 instructional DVD's for luthiers. I did a test run on one of the DVD's just now and it played very well with VLC Media Player on my PC. I could not get it to play on Windows Media player.
Here is the link to Ernie's Estate Google photo album. If this link does not work for you, please text me 405-471-1808 and and I will text the link to you.

https://photos.google.com/u/0/share/AF1 ... NLTEQ2WWJ3

Thank you and best regards,
Cathy Kleinman

Message sent on DVD's.

Greetings!
Today I am starting to inventory Ernie's large collection of full scale instrument plans. Here are the folded (vs rolled) plans that are available:

Strad Poster Plans:

Nicola Amati Violin 1649
Strad "Tuscan-Medici" Violin 1690
"BETTS" Strad Cremona Violin 1704
"Paganini" Guarneri "DEL GESU" Violin 1742 (IL CANNONE)
Strad model Viola (c. 1690)
"Kreisler" Guarneri Del Gesu Violin 1733
Strad "Davidov" Cello 1712
Poster only - "David/Heifetz" Guarneri Del Gesu Violin 1742 with Jascha Heifetz photo on back side
Andre Amati 1564 Charles IX Violin
Brothers Amati 1592 Tenor Viola
Brothers Amati Viola c. 1620 (2 copies available)
GB Guadagnini Viola 1785

Other Plans:
Acoustic Guitar - small concert size
Small Guitar/Uke Project Plan
Bill Lewis Basic Dulcimer Plan in 2 shapes - Hourglass and Teardrop
Violin Bow
Classical Guitar
Steel string acoustic Guitar - Dreadnought Style

Please contact me if interested in any of these plans.

Thank you,
Cathy (405 471 1808)

Hey Cathy. I would be interested in the violin bow plans. I didn't realize such a thing existed.

Let me know if they are still available.

Thanks - Gary Davis

Good Afternoon,
I hope everyone is doing well.
Continuing to post full scale instrument plans. (These are rolled).

- 1951 Marcelo Barbero Flameno Guitar (2 pages several copies)

- Tenor Acoustic Guitar

- Fleta Guitar Model 474 1968 (2 copies)

- Small Concert style Acoustic Guitar

- OM Acoustic Guitar

- OO Guitar

- "Julian's" Online Small Guitar/Uke project

- 1940 Gibson L-OO (2 copies)

- Standard Ukulele

- Old Island Style Uke

- Martin Tenor Ukulele with Soprano and Concert Uke Outlines

- Uke Harp

- Flatback Mandolin

That is the last of the plans.
If you are interested in these just let me know. I will check here for messages and you can also text or reach me on Tapatalk.

Thank you,
Cathy
405 471 1808

Good Afternoon,
Today I posted Ernie's book collection on the Google Estate photo album. Here is the link to the album.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM ... NLTEQ2WWJ3
If you have any questions or interest in any of the books, please contact me here, on Tapatalk or text 405 471-1808.
Thanks,
Cathy

Hey, guys -
Al Bacon and I spent time with Cathy yesterday, and brought home some more stuff (not as much as past trips), but there are still goodies galore at bargain prices. Don't be afraid to ask, and be ready to be happy when your prizes arrive in the mail.

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Bump for the weekend.

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Good morning,
Just letting you know there are well aged, authentic pernambuco boards available, which Ernie acquired in LA in the early 1990's.
They are in bundles of 10 boards measuring anywhere from 28 1/2 to 33 inches in length, approximately 2 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick.
There are also several single boards, short and long and some are joined as Ernie used some in making parts for ukes and guitars.
Please contact me if you're interested at my cell phone 405 471-1808. I will also post some photos on the Estate Google photo album.
Thank you!
Cathy

Here is the link to Ernie's Estate album:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM ... NLTEQ2WWJ3

And I'll be headed there again soon!
Thanks, Cathy. There are still bargains to be had.

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Bump

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Still plenty of goodies available before Christmas, guys!

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I am traveling to OKC for the holidays, traveling I-44 from St. Louis. Planning a stop. Had a lovely conversation with Cathy.

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Measure Twice,

Karl Borum

Guys, I talked about a half-hour with Cathy today. She wanted to thank all the OLF'rs who bought stuff from Ernie's hoard. The good stuff is gone, heck - the second choice stuff is gone. This hardly means she is trying sell off an empty wagon. After a year of hard work, Cathy is ready to give stuff away providing you pay for shipping. There's still lots of wood, and what not.

Cathy would welcome any requests via phone, private messages, email, or Tapatalk. By the end of the year she'd like to sell the house and go with live with one of the kids. I'm going down there again in 3 weeks, maybe with Al Bacon (aka fumblefinger). Let's not leave her hanging guys. She doesn't want to throw it all in the dumpster - she wants Ernie's stuff to be used by someone (or sold by someone else who is not worn out).

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Chris, is it a situation where if it’s still in the photo album she still has it?


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No, that's why you should contact Cathy.

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Got it. Ok, thanks!


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Hi Chris,

Do you have her phone # or email.

Thanks,
Brad

Done!

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Okay, fellers - Drove down on Wednesday and spent 6 hours with Cathy. It's amazing how much stuff has sold - good job, guys! On the other hand - so much stuff left, so much potential. If you could see this stuff with your own eyes, you'd see how much potential is left. And as I said, Cathy is ready to be done with this. She will GIVE the stuff away if you only pay shipping (or get your fanny to Oklahoma).

There are SO MANY back and side sets of tonewood left - so many species. Someone who possesses a little imagination and a bit of work ethic can use this stuff. It doesn't HAVE to be top quality rosewood and maple on every instrument. She has moved a few of Ernie's many bodies in white. There are almost 100 ukes (of all sizes), mandolins, small guitars, etc. Even if you don't wanna build something from them you can practice your binding techniques, test your finishes, learn inlay techniques, etc. Do you have apprentices who need to practice routing dovetails, or gluing on bridges? The only risk is the price of postage.

There are still bridge blanks, tubes full of linings, purflings, boxes and boxes of brace woods. Enough small pieces and cut offs to use for inlays, mosaics, etc. Know anyone who is an artist or crafter who needs raw materials? Spread the word. I look at the boxes of cut offs and see truss rod covers, heel caps, tuner buttons, and so on. There are still over 100 necks - some rough carved. some nearly finished. We're talking uke, mandolin, guitar. They are waiting to become a stringed instrument.

Luthiers are supposed to be craftsman with some vision and insight. LOOK AT THE STUFF. Contact Cathy if you need lists or photos. She's anxious to inform you. Let her equip or stock your shop for no more money than postage. She's not StewMac, stop expecting her to be. SHE'S BETTER THAN THAT.

And no - I didn't come home empty handed. I brought home 5 of Ernie's unfinished projects to complete - mostly ukes, some small parts, and even a stool for the shop that Ernie made. Next time, I'll bring even more stuff home. Some I'll use, some I'll sell, some will sit until needed. But it won't go to waste, that would be a crime.

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Something I brought home from Ernie's stash... Now ready to sell.
Walnut top, spruce core, maple back. The piezo pickup is a Shadow.

https://imgur.com/a/IiZkmZZ

https://imgur.com/a/QsD3shB

https://imgur.com/a/5AZmIsu

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