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I had a discussion with a former senior Klipsch engineer, and he told me about tests they had done where they pointed the La Scala bass bins into corners and they were able to change the bass response and output.  One of the reasons I split the top horns off the bass bins is so the owner of these speakers can experiment with the placement of the speakers in different configurations.  Please note that I have finished the backs of the bass bins and matched the grain from the bass bin up onto the top horn.

Matching grains from bass bin to horn section.

Matching grains from the side of the bass bin to the top of the bass bin, but also came pretty close to matching the sides of the top horn section at the same time.  I made sure to cut the pieces for the sides and the top of the bass bins from the same point of the flitch.  Of course this only works real well on one side of the bass bin.   EEEERKK!  Makes for a nice photo though, eh?

I attached a solid oak trim piece to the fronts of the oak La Scalas.  This finished the edges and provides a place for the top horn grilles to go.

New bass bin covers for the oak La Scalas.  I installed oak veneer edging on them.  The tops and bottoms of these covers will be painted black.

I've found it's easier to veneer before painting the painted parts.  It took about an hour to tape and cover the veneer on each speaker .

Overall, this project has taken a lot more hours than I thought, but I think it'll be worth it.

It took quite a while to get them all unwrapped.   The black paint came out pretty good overall.

Here's one with the first coat of stain.  The future owner of these has purchased a very large bar/aquarium with the same stain finish.  Looks like it's going to be one heck of a nice home theater/rec room!

Stained with 3 coats of Minwax wipe-on polyurethane.

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