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The Studio Sports Car

The VX88 is modelled after a 1980s Porsche 928 and a 1970s Mustang Mach 1. The design lines and the flow of the grain are drawn to create a sense of motion — to make the desk feel like a vehicle of creativity rather than a place to put things.

Its real achievement is functional: room for a full-size 88-key controller inside the smallest footprint Monkwood offers. Which is another way of saying it is NYC-compatible — where most VX88 owners live.

Contact us for a quote or any questions you may have.

Features

  • 88-key compatibility in the smallest footprint in the line
  • fully assembled desk body w/ bolt-on bases
  • up to 3 rack spaces @ 3U each (9U total)
  • low-profile 3 x 2U rack option for a leaner silhouette
  • wire flow channel under rack space for clean routing + laptop storage
  • solid hardwood construction
  • classic mortise and tenon joinery
  • age enduring oil + hard wax finish

Specs

  • 63w x 34d x 31h desktop
  • 57.5w x 16d x 5.5h sliding keyboard drawer
  • 60w x 10d x 5.5h hidden cable shelf
  • 2 rustic blackened steel bases

Options

Wood, rack configuration and base are chosen above. The following are quoted on request.

Storage

  • $250 — Sliding shelf in rack space
  • $350 — Matching wood drawer in rack space
  • $450 — Soft-close drawer with shop-made steel pull

Other wood species available on request — get in touch.

See our collection of available rack credenzas and sidecars. Browse cabinets & sidecars

Pay in full at checkout if the build you want is here.

Prefer to split it, or want options not listed? Get in touch and we'll set it up as 60% down — which secures your place in the seasonal building schedule — and 40% plus shipping on completion, once you've approved the finished photos.

Shipping

Freight is quoted by the width of the piece.

  • 30–39w" — $450 fully insured crated freight, inside delivery to garage · $750 full service white glove
  • 40–60w" — $750 fully insured crated freight, inside delivery to garage · $1,150 full service white glove
  • 61–94w" — $950 standard insured freight, liftgate and placed inside garage · $1,550 full service white glove
  • 95" and over — quoted per piece

Standard freight includes full value insurance and a custom-made crate with an easy-open side hatch.

Full service white glove adds inside room delivery, base assembly, and removal of the crate and all packaging from your premises.

Solid wood moves. Every piece is built from solid hardwood, not veneer or engineered panel, and solid wood responds to the room it lives in. It expands slightly in humid months and contracts in dry ones. Our joinery is designed to allow that movement rather than fight it — breadboard ends, floating panels and bolt-on bases all exist for this reason. A hairline seasonal gap that opens and closes is the material behaving correctly.

Keep it out of direct sun and away from heat. A south-facing window or a vent blowing across the surface will dry and fade wood faster than anything else. If a piece must sit in strong light, rotate what's on it occasionally so it ages evenly.

Day to day. Wipe with a soft dry or barely damp cloth. Blot spills as they happen rather than letting them stand. Skip anything with ammonia, bleach, silicone or wax polish — silicone in particular builds a film that makes refinishing difficult later. Use trivets under hot dishes and something absorbent under anything wet or sweating.

The finish. Hardwax oil, not polyurethane. It sits in the wood rather than on top of it, so the surface still feels like wood and repairs invisibly — a scratch can be spot-treated without stripping the whole top. Refresh high-use areas with a light coat of hardwax oil when the surface starts to look thirsty, roughly every year or two on a dining table, less on a desk. We'll tell you exactly what we used on your piece.

Reclaimed and salvaged wood. Nail holes, checks, insect tracks, old bolt scars and color variation are the record of where the wood has already been. We stabilize anything structural and leave the rest. No two pieces are alike, and photographs of one build won't predict the exact character of yours.

Sun-tanned poplar is poplar left in the California sun until it turns honey and chocolate — a color change in the wood itself, not a stain. It will continue to deepen slightly for the first months in your home, then settle.

Steel bases. Blackened steel is a chemical patina, hand-finished and sealed. Raw sealed steel keeps the mill surface under a clear coat. Both wipe clean with a dry cloth. Avoid abrasives, which will cut through the seal.

Built to be repaired. Mortise and tenon joinery, bolt-on bases and an oil finish all mean this furniture can be taken apart, refinished and put back into service decades from now. That's the point. If something ever needs attention, contact us — we'd rather fix it than see it replaced.

VX88 Studio Desk

$7,750
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