MISCELLANEOUS
STUFF
As I have worked on developing this web site I have from time to
time had "stuff" that I wanted to add that is not specifically
related to the guitar business. I have resisted adding too much
of it in a (apparently vain) hope of keeping the site and the individual pages under
some sort of control. Apparently I am unable to resist my urges,
so I decided to create this page to act as a home for this "stuff".
I make no claims that any of this will be valuable or even interesting
to anyone but me, it may help keep the rest of the site under control.
COOL PHOTOS
A friend and long time customer of mine is a very fine studio photographer.
Long ago he traded some of his work for one of my guitars, and I got all
of the black and white photos you see in this web site. You can
see some of them displayed in the page entitled Our
Shop. A year or so ago he was traveling in the east, and stopped in
Rosine, Kentucky. He took this photo of his (Hoffman) guitar in
the cabin that was Bill Monroe's
childhood home. To me that is soooo cool--
Bluegrass is my true love in music. If you buy or
rent the video called High Lonesome Sound you will see some shots of Monroe
in this cabin--also cool, as is the video.
DOODLES
This
graphic has nothing at all to do with guitars, except in the most remote
and cosmic sense. It is a "doodle" done by my father.
Walter Lees Hoffman was an eye surgeon and spent a fair amount of time
at meetings --medical groups, Rotary, and the like. While sitting
there, he would, in his terms, doodle. He made thousands of these
over the years, all different. Some were even displayed at a local
hospital where he worked. As a kid I always thought they were neat,
but as I have grown up, I more and more see them as a art form.
So, I will put a few up here to remember him.
![wpe2.jpg (19021 bytes)](doodle2.jpg)
![wpe4.jpg (15028 bytes)](doodle4.jpg)
Speaking of people who inspired me, go
here
to read a little about a guy who was a great inspiration to me in this
field.
WOOD
TURNINGS
For
many years we have had a lathe in the shop (originally intended for banjo
work) and I have developed a hobby of decorative wood turning. I
am a member of the American Association of Woodturners, and in fact, from
time to time do legal work for them on a pro bono basis (i.e. free).
This photo is an example of some of my pieces.
The photos below are
thumbnails -click on the photo to see the larger image.
![bowl3.jpg (24354 bytes)](bowl3_small.jpg)
![misc1-11.jpg (23147 bytes)](misc1-11_small.jpg)
I
live just across the street from the Mississippi river, which is in a
gorge about 150 feet deep at this point (this section is the only gorge in
the entire length of the river). One fine fall day Easy and
I walked down the path to the river itself - a lovely thing to do on a
nice Sunday afternoon. Here is Easy on the path.
this
is looking up the slope from the river to the street level.
Looking
downstream.
Looking upstream. My house is about 1 block further upstream from
the railroad bridge shown here.
Winter - view from my front door. At the tree line you see there is a fall
off of about 150 feet down to the level of the Mississippi River.
This is, apparently, the only gorge along the entire length of the
river.
Another nice amenity in Minneapolis is the famous Minnehaha Falls.
Just a few miles up the road from my house.
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website and all of its content, text and images are copyright ©1997-2011
by Charles A. Hoffman. All rights reserved.
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