And glass attenuates the UV quite a bit. The old red paint fades to as you say "light almost non-existent pink', you only know it was once red because someone has told you so.
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:57:38 -0400, Ron L'Herault wrote: >I worked on a Columbia machine that had stood in its owner's front window >for years. One side of the red painted horn had faded to light almost >non-existent pink. >Ron L >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of Rich >Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:07 PM >To: Antique Phonograph List >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Mystery >The red underneath the elbo is not exposed to ultraviolet. No UV no fade. >Very few pigments in use >in the early 1900s were color fast. Almost all of them fade and the color >that they fade to, in most >cases, is not what you would expect. >On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:55:50 EDT, [email protected] wrote: >> >>In a message dated 9/3/2007 7:38:56 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, >>[email protected] writes: >>Why would there be maroon paint under the elbow and >>nowhere else? What am I missing? Any suggestions >>would be appreciated. Thanks, Jerry Blais >>Hi Jerry, >> >>Your comments made me look carefully at my Victor O. I have a Victor O >with >>the original horn and it had no maroon accents about the horn (I thought). >>Now when examining the very undersurface of the horn near where it meets >the >>elbow I can find traces of maroon! And when removing the horn from the >>elbow...voila! the horn is maroon! Actually, when scratched (as would be >expected >>beneath the elbow) the maroon reveals the amber color beneath. So I must >>conclude that the maroon accents have indeed faded away with time, UV, or >>whatever, with maroon remaining only in the protected area underneath the >elbow. >>Fascinating! Thanks. >>----Art Heller >>************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL >at >>http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>_______________________________________________ >>Phono-L mailing list >>http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
