By Jamie Wanzek, Moonshine Ink

After stops at Guitarfish Festival, the Lost Sierra Hoedown, Burning Man, and blacksmith conferences in Salt Lake City and Petaluma, a whimsical and swooping four-person sculpture is taking its last waltz in Truckee as the town’s new public art installation.

Currently, the sculpture is nicknamed “the band,” although its official name will be unveiled on a plaque in the coming weeks.

The idea for the sculpture was born when Truckee-based blacksmith shop Mountain Forge was commissioned to build a public art sculpture for a San Francisco’s skyscraper located at 535 Mission St. Boston Properties, the property company responsible for the development, gave Mountain Forge complete poetic license for their design; the only objective was to create something that excited and engaged the public. Anton “Toni” Standteiner, son of company founder Hans Standteiner, felt inspired to pay respect to San Francisco’s musical heritage.

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