Large The Erhu Player (and a case of prop rescue)

A(nother) horror story from our local postal service that had a happy ending. I commissioned someone overseas for this 1/3 scale erhu replica last November, and unpacking revealed horrendous damage. The seller did acknowledge that she could have packed it better, but still, the box itself was unharmed, and so was the thinner bow. It's highly likely that somewhere down the shipping line, someone opened the package and manhandled its contents. This was actually the second COVID package I received with awful damages (the first was Okuni's original headsculpt, which arrived with heartbreaking chips).

Anyhoo, S.O. and I put our limited woodworking skills to use and managed to put the thing together again. Guórén now has his signature erhu, and everyone in the doll crew now has an instrument for musical photoshoots.

Erhu Player 01 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr


Erhu Player 00 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr


Erhu Player 03 by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr


Erhu ER by Yela Gatchalian-David, on Flickr​

 

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Thank you for your comments! I'll also be noting here that for dowel rods that got damaged as per the unboxing picture, it was reattached by manually drilling armature wire into the center prior to connecting the two pieces with wood glue. The yellow cord wrapped around the break afterwards was as much to help protect against possible splitting as for aesthetic reasons.