Wrapping this thing up....

The slats on the sides are removable - these are made from 1/4-in thick stock, ripped into strips. The strips are then rabbeted and dadoed for half-lap joints, so 1/8-in deep on those. Fit together, a couple passes through the drum sander to sneak up on the right fit, and they fit in the 1/4-in grooves and rabbets machined into the sides. I lost the photos of me doing the rabbets for those, but it was a climb cut into to stop the tearout which I learned the hard way. Fortunately the tearout did not damage anything, and the climb cut corrected that. You can fit and remove the slats from outside the case, allowing access to the chime hammers and works. The slats get the acoustic cloth (my wife cut and hotglued that on) after finishing.

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The door was fitted with the self closing 3/8-in hinges to accommodate the rabbet on the door. And blocks for the leveling feet.

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