by Midnight Freemasons contributor
Michael Shirley
Now that the stain was as Joe had envisioned it, I figured
we were close to being done. Not hardly. Next came four coats of sealer and
three pictures that occupied most of my day. Work? Nah. I just stared. Then
came the last coats of sealer, with more staring.
There had been sanding in
between, apparently, but I was just staring at the finished product. Did I say
“finished?” No, because then came the first four coats of lacquer. More
staring. By this point, Todd Creason was staring too, and letting me know about
it. “Maybe I should have picked another instrument,” he said. “I wonder if he
builds pianos?”
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This is the tenth installment in Michael Shirley's Mandolin Series. To be continued...
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Michael H. Shirley
is Past Master of Tuscola Lodge No. 332 and Leadership Development
Chairman for the Grand Lodge of Illinois. He's also a member of the
Illinois Lodge of Research, the Scottish Rite, the York Rite, Eastern
Star, and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He's also a member of the
newly-chartered, Illini High Twelve No. 768 in Urbana-Champaign. The
author of several articles on British history, he teaches at Eastern
Illinois University.
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