1. Cost : $22,150.00 personally delivered to
Baltimore
2. Size/design/description: a 'base' unit for cigars with an 'upper'
Shallower display case for pipes
[a] size:
[b] Humidity and Temperature controlled
cigar cabinet
with 2" thick Rigid Foam [R10-R12] insulation and 200%
of
recommended BTU output Thermoelectric cooler:
if Vacupanel 1" R30 desired instead of 2" rigid foam,
cost will increase
[but guaranteed not to exceed] by
$1800.00
[c] Pipe display to be ventilated and have
recessed
illuminated center light
[d] Artisan Controller A/C & RH for cigar storage
[e] internal air recirculation fans regulated by
independent adjustable
electric timer relay for
BOTH Cigar and Pipe units [pipe unit to be
controlled
by timer in cigar unit]
[f] all AC & humidifiers concealed within base and
not visible from
exterior; all devices to be outside
of cigar storage space
[g] "frame and panel" design with center
stile
[vertical divider] between doors
[h] doors to be inset [not overlaid] as
well as
drawer faces
[i] both units divided vertically in 1/3rds
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Cigar unit
-
to have both doors on both outer
1/3'rds
of face with
-
a bank of drawers for loose
cigars filling
the middle;
-
behind each door to be multiple pullout
drawers with quilted maple drawer fronts
[micro lumbered];
-
top of unit to overhang 1.5" on sides
and front;
-
+'- 9" exposed surface of top of unit to
be
framed in walnut with center panels of
micro lumbered quilted maple
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Pipe Display
- each 1/3rd column of pipe display
cabinet to have +/- 4"
tall drawer
at base of column
-
to align with 1/3rd framing in cigar
cabinet below
-
each outer section having a single
glass
door with each glass door for
each end shall swing outward from the
farthest most ends with display shelving
swinging opposite
-
behind each glass door as may display
shelves
as desired that will fit within the
+/- 36" height for pipes of equal/unequal
height and 4" depth for display of pipes;
-
the pipe display shelves
-
shall be designed to have cushioned
support for pipe bowls and matching
back wall with edging of walnut;
-
a horizontal 'bristle' pipe stem
retainer shall be affixed at mid height
on each shelf with walnut
wood edging
' bristle' to be horse hair and be 2.5"
in length;
-
each end units "3 shelved pipe
display"
shall pivot as a single unit on a single
piano hinge +/- 90
degrees outward
to reveal hidden storage behind
-
+/-9" concealed storage behind shelved
pipe display with whatever combination
of shelves and pipe storage
racks desired;
-
Center 1/3rd "display area" to have a
single
drawer at the bottom [quilted maple face] with
open illuminated
display area above; provisions
for adjustable glass shelving to be
determined
- Burl walnut veneer to be used to line
sides,
rear wall and floor of center display area
- Burl Walnut to be used to line pipe play
rear wall
- Burl walnut available to be used to
on
drawer faces at your option
3. Exterior Materials:
-
Figured walnut 'frame' of rails and stiles
-
door rails and stiles and center panel of
SOLID
Quilted Maple raised center panels;
-
drawer faces for loose cigars in center of
flat
solid quilted maple with pulls to mutual agreement;
Interior edges of
all framed openings to have
contrasting [rosewood/cocobolo] bead trim
4. Interior Materials:
-
Cigar cabinet to be lined with floating panels
of
1/4" thick solid Spanish cedar and pullout
trays & drawers of Mahogany or
Spanish cedar
at your choice
-
Pipe cabinet interiors of both finished
Walnut and
maple woods and cushioning as
agreed too [hopefully leather over foam if
cost is mutually acceptable]
5. Design elements/features: per drawings below:

6. Hardware: Solid Brass hinges; rotary bar locks
on
doors, "file cabinet grade" drawer glides with positive
stops to hold
drawer closed, brass pulls and handles
7. Controls: Artisan Cooling and Humidifier
8. Finish: Lacquer 'hand rubbed' effect
9. Underside Treatment: leg levelers
10. Start / Completion:
Complete work +/- March 2009
July 2010
11. Cocobolo drawer faces on three
drawers of mid section and possibly
sides of mid section, all drawer faces
in middle of lower section, and all
panel trim instead of Paella
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October 11, 2008 Block for Pipe Rest and Burl Walnut sample
 
Notes taken at last meeting

January 20,2000
 January 21,
2009


January 24, 2009

 September 15,
2009: Lower cabinet initial framing:
 May 19, 2010:
Lower cabinet insulated and lined with framing ready for shelving/doors


6/5/10


6/13/10


6/24/2010



6/28/10


6/30/10

7/5/10: Shows 'pivoting' pipe display section fully assembled with Circasian
Burl Veneer on all interior surfaces


December 25, 2011: 72" long
Cocobolo board for drawers faces in mid section

January 30, 2012
   

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