painted artwork on piano plates.

[Jon Page]

Part of restoration is to retain some of the existing craftsmanship.
Some things can not be replaced and should not just for the sake of 
making our work _look_better.

A little touch-up on the dings with a similar gold and a spray-over
will ultimately revitalize the character of these master pieces of a
by-gone era.

We've heard of art cases, how about art plates?

Sometimes less is more,

Jon Page
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At 03:37 PM 8/30/98 EDT, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 8/30/98 1:41:51 PM, tempola@swbell.net wrote:
>
><<employed a person whose job was to come by and
>
>'doodle" on piano plates!>>
>Andy;
>  A few years back I restrung, partially replaced action, an old Sohmer that
>had some of the most elaborate "doodles" I have ever seen on a plate. The
>customer wanted a quote from an artist to replace these "doodles" after the
>plate was rebronzed but the quote cured that thought! :-)
>  This plate was extrememly scarred up from who knows what, but scarred up
>nonetheless....the customer would not allow me to rebronze the plate..just a
>little cleaning and a coat of clear laquer for protection..........didn't
look
>bad but not one of the things I am most proud of.
>Jim Bryant (FL)
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