"...a bronze tripod leg that, with two others just like it, once helped to support an object. It is beautiful far above its utilitarian function in every part and curve of it is aesthetically pleasing and right; even by itself, isolated from the rest of the original armature, there is no vantage point from which to look at this object that makes it look awkward or clumsy. This aesthetic is arrived at by the sum of all its elements, each of which is in a balance with the others; if one changed a single curve more than just minimally, or a length, or a thickness, or a taper or even flattened the almost imperceptible crowning of the smooth inner surface...the entire design would lose something decisive and look cheapened. The best guitars are made with such care." -Ervin Somogyi from The Responsive Guitar A 1950s trapeze tailpiece, reconditioned and given a black petina, for Liam Corey's kauri, black walnut, wenge guitar. #shapecurveline #wavesunginstruments #learnfromthegreats