Marry a calligrapher as I did. Newton Farrell wrote: > > A closely related item: Any recommendations for a slob with absolutely NO > artistic ability to paint the raised letters for the manufacturer's name on > the plate (as well as the few other things like "capo....", "patented bla > bla", etc.)? The only thing I can think of doing is to use a small artist > brush and some black enamel and then clear coat the plate. I am only able to > picture a mess (and my gold plates come out sooooo beautiful otherwise) if I > try to do this myself (and I don't know any artists). Does anyone have any > special tricks or techniques or whatever that could bring success to this > artistic misfit? > > Terry Farrell > Piano Tuning & Service > Tampa, Florida > mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 11:35 AM > Subject: Plate Lettering > > > In the past I have put the wire gauges on a newly refinished plate by > using > > press type and shooting clear lacquer over them. This has become a RPITA. > > I would prefer now to find a set of stamps 12-22 with half sizes that I > can > > just ink and stamp. Any suggestions where I can buy a ready made set? > > > > David Love > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > >
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