— 01 —
The Reformer
A sliding carriage tethered by springs, framed in oak. The most versatile of all Pilates apparatus — a thousand exercises live within its modest length.
Gratz-style · ash & maple frame · five-spring tension
— The apparatus —
"The springs do not work the body. The body works with the springs. There is a difference, and it is everything."
— Catalogue —
Heritage
apparatus.
Each piece in our studio is built to Joseph's original drawings — the same proportions, the same tensions, the same uncompromising woods and springs that he himself selected.
— 02 —
The Cadillac
A raised table crowned with overhead bars, springs, straps, and a trapeze. Joseph designed it from a hospital bed — proof that the body may move even when it cannot rise.
Solid maple · brass fittings · forty-two attachment points
— 03 —
The Wunda Chair
A low chair with a spring-loaded pedal. Small in stature, monumental in difficulty. The chair finds the body's weakness and patiently, kindly, addresses it.
Original 1940s blueprint · two-spring resistance
— 04 —
Ladder Barrel & accessories
A curved barrel beside a wooden ladder for spinal articulation. Magic Circles, foot correctors, sandbags — the modest implements that make the work whole.
Hand-finished hardwood · leather cushioning
"Tools are devotion made tangible. Choose them well, then forget them."