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Speaker-box carpentry

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The joinery and carpentry craft behind sound-system cabinets, cutting, curving and bracing plywood into bass bins and horns; documented builders came from carpentry and upholstery backgrounds and pass the trade down.

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Type: cultural practice
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

People & rolesTechnology, recording & industry

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Sound Sculptors: Into the world of London's sound system builders

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Dub-Stuy Records feature.

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Story · Well supportedThe box-men: unsung builders of the weight

The carpenters and engineers who built the sound get little of the credit the record labels keep.