Capiz Shell Console

[shacker]

A few weeks ago, went down to Morro Bay to pick up a 1950s capiz shell stereo console / cabinet I inherited from my grandmother, who recently went to live in a home. Forgot to write about that trip - went via Amtrak, enjoyable but slow, and also picked up a nursing rocker from my mother - her favorite one, she's sacrificing for the baba, so

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[baald]

[[The speakers hadn't seen the light of day for 50 years, and were perfectly preserved. What really amazed me was that the wood inside the cabinets was finished to a polish just like the outside, even though it was never meant to be seen by anyone. They don't do things like that anymore.
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actually they do. why? cuz its actually CHEAPER (sometimes) to get plywood or MDF that's veneered on both sides. ()depends on your supplier). and then you get additional benefits like an extra layer of constrained-mode damping for free :)

[shacker]

Weird. Why would that be?