John Zdrojewski, our JPZ, built this grandfather clock in his family home, completing some detail work on the kitchen table on the day his son Eugene was born. From 1923 to 1982 it looked like this, with the dark stain and shiny varnish:
More photos and details of this clock have been posted as "Grandfather Clock, Then and Now," as well as at "Gene and the Grandfather Clock," "Wartime," and "More on Wartime." Now some photos have turned up from its time in the professional workshop of Richard Mazurowski.
Uncle Dick took the case apart, sandblasted the wood, and refinished it without dark stain, so that the grain of the wood stands out in all its glory. He did this work in winter and spring of 1982.
Great work, Uncle Dick.
When the clock came home, Annie Zdrojewski, granddaughter of the maker, kindly posed with the revitalized grandfather clock.
And just as a couple of asides here, note on the right edge of the photo part of the Blue Boy copy, above the piano. Then way on the left edge, hanging on the divider wall, that Chinese sword.
Chinese sword?
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