Walnut Baptism Stand
Amid all the dark news in the age of COVID, it was great to hear that my recently completed walnut baptism stand was used in its first baptism at the Main Street Congregational Church in Amesbury, Mass. I’m hoping 2021 brings more joyful occasions and fewer sad ones....
Judging a Music Stand’s Personality
I make music stands one at a time. While I’ve worked out the general dimensions and the like over the years, each music stand develops its own personality as it is made. Certainly, that personality is influenced by choices in wood. But more important still are the...
Moonrise
Moonrise from shop.
Cabinet made to match a desk
This file cabinet was designed to match a Newburyport customer’s existing desk. It has heavy duty drawer slides and is painted black with cherry top.
West Newbury Music Stand
Walnut music stand ready to ship to a customer in Texas.
Figured Cherry Tabletop
Detail of an 8′ and 4″ thick figured cherry table top.
White Oak Dining Benches
A customer’s son had made a table for his brother’s wedding and asked me to make two, white oak benches to match. Here they are in the shop before going to South Carolina.
Desk unit with inlaid chess table
Robb Stewart of Melrose, MA sits at his newly installed home office desk, complete with inlaid chessboard. Robb knows chess. He plays in tournaments, teaches school children and is a Director of the Massachusetts Chess Association. He asked that the board be sized to...
Reclaimed Hardwood
Reclaimed, antique lumber is a wonderful thing — tight grain, amazing color and rich character. One great source of such treasures is Bingham Lumber, in Brookline, NH. Tom Bingham, third-generation owner of the mill, spent hours with members of the Guild of New...
Memphis musician on his Tiger Maple and Ebony Music Stand
It’s always a pleasure to hear from those using my creations. I received this letter following delivery of a music stand that had been shown at the 2014 Sunapee Craft Fair in August: Dear Mr. Moore, The music stand arrived in perfect condition this past week and...
Andrea LeBlanc in Concert
See an O’Doherty Moore handcrafted music stand in concert
O’Doherty Moore in Merrimack Valley Magazine
Merrimack Valley Magazine’s Home Edition features our custom shoe bench. The bench has touch-to-open doors with two shelves inside