Brass Letters..... help

[Farrell]

If the piano finish is old perhaps there is potential here. If the finish is real nice, I would consider sanding off the entire decal and putting on a new one with lacquer over the whole shabang. My new 1098 was missing the letter "O" from "SONS". The dealer fixed it by placing a new "O" in the empty spot and then spraying some lacquer over it. The "O" was a little high, rotated slightly, and was clearly a different color (likely from less lacquer on top of it) than the other letters. IMHO it looked like a patch job - not appropriate for an expensive instrument.

Just something to consider. Would like to hear what you end up doing.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JIMRPT@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 8:48 AM
Subject: Brass Letters..... help


> Hey I have a S&S fallboard with the inlaid brass letters. All letters are 
> present except for one 'N'. I have made a replacement 'N' and it looks really 
> good. (surprised me:) I thought that if I just outlined the old inlay spot 
> with sealer that the new letter would stick....wrong!! :-(
> Any thoughts as to ways/material to use to get the danged thingee to 
> stick..at least long enough to get layers of laquer over it??
> Jim Brya'N't (FL)
>