crating tupelo 1 for shipment to north america 
Tupelo 1 was shipped in two segments. this is the body of the guitar being packed for it's long journey 
it took 3 hours to crate tupelo 1 using lots of wood, nails and staples... 
the neck being placed in it's crate. everything was wrapped in foam, the objects which live inside the guitar were shipped with the neck. 
important insciptions must be made to ensure that tupelo1 comes to no harm on the journey. 
 en route to the crating facility, we almost got killed in a car wreck, when a cab smashed into the side of our vehicle. thank god the guitar made it across the pacific without incident.

 

tupelo 1 arrives in the usa      


tupelo 1 arrived into memphis one hot august morning. at one stage it looked liked it would not arrive at all
the problem was that the airline wasn't sure which city the crates were in.     Were they in San Francisco or were they in Chicago?
the day before the conference was to begin, the crates were nowhere in sight... panic stations!!
thanks to the wonderful work of  our fantastic customs agent LeRoy Pettijohn, we got tupelo1 to the art show on the day it opened.
 

unpacking and installation 

  
 
 IT CAME IN ON A TRUCK ON A HOT AUGUST MORN
 rosalinda OPENS UP THE CASE  

 
 

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