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Here it is. I bet that sounded fantastic: Here's an article about the "Lucky Cloud Soundsystem": https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3123?comments=1

Pretty sure he had 7 Klipschorns in a room. He removed the top hat and elevated it about 6-8 feet to get the squawker and tweeter above the heads of partiers. Groovy setup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

5th Grandbaby Eleanor Louise, born at 10:05 last night:

52 here. Happy Birthday, @dtel!

Today I got the trim cut for the 2nd HF section, and dusted off the remaining LF section. I'll post a few more photos as those two get done then a few of all four together, but with the completion of one full stack, this thread is largely done. Thanks are in order, and the big three are these: Thanks to @Hornographic for driving and helping me load up those original beat-up factory cabinets. We spent the good part of a full day retrieving them and shared one (not so good) meal at Waffle House, so he took time to do this for FREE. He's been a good friend, mentor and sometimes coworker over the past almost 20 years, and is fully bitten by the Klipsch bug. He's on the borrow-approved list. Thanks to my buddy Dave, who is also a Klipsch fanatic with a set of La Scala's. He's not on this forum, but helped me with a few decisions with these beasts over beer and music, and has also been a good friend for almost 35 years. He's also on the borrow-approved list. Thanks to @MookieStl for design ideas and 16 beautiful corners that he took the time to design. He fabricated them from raw stock, cutting, forming, welding, drilling and polishing, all for FREE in his incredible shop. This project would have stopped for a long time and maybe for good if it weren't for him. I've only known him for a few months, but I consider him a friend. He is of course on the borrow-approved list. Thanks to a bunch of others in this thread for kind words and advice along the way. And finally, I'm sitting here tonight in beautiful Missouri September air, awaiting the imminent birth of our 5th grandchild Eleanor, while tending this fire with my canine sidekick: That wood on top is the old top section (complete with hideous handle cutout) from one of the factory La Scala's. I'm tipping a glass to PWK. I know it is just plywood, but it came from Hope and was maybe once touched by the man himself. Thanks to PWK for designing the speakers we all love, and, in a way, making this project possible too. Thanks, everybody!

Thanks all, one more set to go! Far cry from this mess. Look at the nasty moldy gloss paint and the hacked side handles:

How's this?

Yep, coming up!

Good idea. What I could have also done was to paint the side white, put the vinyl on, then paint the side black over the vinyl. Then peel off the vinyl, revealing the white.

Thanks Jim. Those are vinyl. Available on eBay and other places. The font isn't right, which required me to make a cut in the K and put it back together. You can see that a bit in the lower photo. I'll probably paint it on if it gets torn off. I've also considered clear-coating it with something to make it a bit more durable, but for now I think I'll leave it as-is.

Thanks, and yes, they will have plenty. I'm adding a weather-resistant SpeakOn patch panel on the outside of my workshop (which houses my Klipschorns and amp rig) so I can feed to the outside. That way I can plug in from the outside without snaking wires through the door. Also, at least one friend has requested to borrow them for a while, and I've offered them for a picnic next year too.

More photos of the completed HF section:

1st HF with armor on. I'll try to get a stacked photo later.

Another troll doll. What is going on here?

Yeah, I know. I'm slow. I'm trying to fit life in between my updates. 😀 Tonight I COMPLETELY finished one of the HF sections!

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Reminds me of a troll doll. No thank you.

That is one of the scariest things I’ve seen on here in a while. Who would EVER think that is a good look?

Well? Did you get them?

For most things like trim and handles. . Tweeter and horn screws have backing nuts.

Yeah, I wish. Thank you! Here's some more trim:

Putting some trim on tonight.

Please post the link.

Beautious. Is that a word? It is now.

This is awesome, thank you for sharing it!