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Originally Posted by Sideband
I'd been working at Philips for around seven years when all the restoration was going on. A few sets found their way into the workshops at Waddon for cabinet work. There was one person in the cabinet works who would be described as a 'Master Craftsman'. He did all the Dynatron cabinets with all the inlays BY HAND! So when a few of these old cabinets came to him he actually made new panels and spent ages matching veneers and making replacement panels indistinguishable from the originals. A huge amount of work went into restoring these sets.
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What his name? I recall Gordon mentioning that he had a master craftsman who he used to restore his own cabinets to original spec, proper lacquer etc etc. Jack?