My Most Difficult Project

This was my most difficult project that I have attempted.  I did this several years ago. so not a new project. I say most difficult, let me restate that, most difficult other that the project I took on to build my house.  I am a member of the "Family Woodworking" forum and that is what started it.  A lady on the forum started a thread on building a street hand crank organs.  It caught my attention, so I joined the thread.   I was amazed, and really wanted to join in.  So I purchased the plans, they came from England, and were really made up of hand-drawings and hand written instructions.  They bounced between our standard measuring system and metric system, which added to the difficulty.  I had to purchase some metric rulers before I could start.   I had the plans for two years before I was brave enough to buy wood, bellow material and a few other item needed.   Once I started actually building it took over my life.  Took me 7 months to complete.  It is where I learned if building something difficult build one part at a time.  Do not worry the whole, one part at a time.   And with the advice and help from that forum I succeeded .   The organ is called the Senior 20.  The music is, ah, produce from paper rolls, much like  a player piano.   Mine is a 20 note organ.  There are bigger and there are smaller versions.  Some have more notes.  Some don't use the paper roll they are electronic and play downloaded music.
Another part of this is.  This is not a common thing to build.  And if I had to guess there are less than maybe a 100 to 200 have been built in the U.S.  But even at that,  my wife is a quilter, and at one of her quilting lessons she met a lady and they became instant best friends.  they had so much in common.  During their discussions if came out about her husband was also interested in wood working.  My wife asked what he built and his latest project was a busker hand crank organ!  Same as mine only his was a little smaller version same developer.   Small world and needless to say her husband and I became good friends also.  He specializes in the wood lathe and is a real artist at it.  He make things that sell for $1000+ on the lathe.   I make scroll saw things that no one even wants to hang on their wall.

If it works here is a little video of it's first playing... I may have been celebrating a little before this video..trying to look sober.