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Above
and Below: the beautiful rural setting of Aaro Luukinen's
accordion building workshop,
located some 100 km from Ikaalinen
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The
Kauri wood as it begins its magical transformation into
instruments under the hands of artisian Aaro Luukinen
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Aaro
(kneeling) with his students at the accordion crafting
school, who are actively following
the construction of the three Kauri instruments
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Aaro
Luukinen working with the Kauri instruments
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The
reedblocks begin to take shape
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Above:
The beautiful New Zealand Paua Shell is often used to
enahce the design of Kauri products, and it is anticipated
that some small Paua decorations will be used on one or
more of the instruments. To the native New Zealand Maori
population, Paua are recognised 'taonga', or treasure,
esteemed both as kaimoana (seafood) and their shells are
a valued resource for traditional and contemporary arts
and crafts.
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Aaro
carefully gluing one of the Bass bodies together
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The
treble side bodies of K1, K2 and K3
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K1
begins to take shape, showing the two sides of the instrument
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Above:
The Kauri accordions continue to take shape
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Above:
The Kauri reed blocks for the right hand keyboards
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Aaro
continues to assemble the instruments and reed blocks
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K1,
K2 and K3 having their reed blocks fitted, the first two
for their left hand sides,
one right hand setup, then the fourth setup being the
final left hand side.
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Above
left: Aaro and his wife Henriikka who custom designed
the three grill designs for the instruments
Above right: the
late Jarmo Salin's preliminary work on the Paua inlays
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Contact
for the Accordion Gems Exhibition: Kevin Friedrich
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