I leave them alone. If you do polish you will see all the imperfections. oldcranky
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 1:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, these instrument repair guys straighten, remove dents, etc. All > included in the price. They even lacquer the brass after polishing it...for > those big 54" > ?horns it means many, many years before they'll need attention again. Some > collectors don't like the highly polished original look - - they prefer a > somewhat aged appearance, and I respect that. I have a few horns that I > prefer that way myself. But if you want that brass to look as good as it > can, there's nothing like a professional job. > > George P. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 2:43 pm > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a very big brass horn that needs to have some small dents taken out > before being polished, would the same refurbisher handle this task as well? > I > would love to bring this ancient horn back to life and use it with my > Edison > Home A Suitcase model. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2009 2:25:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > I take mine to a professional refurbisher of brass band instruments.? In > the > summers, he's often busy with school instruments, but during the fall and > winter > is a better time.? I've spent 4-5 hours working on the bell of a 42" horn, > only > to take a similar horn to the refurbisher and have it look much better for > $80.00.? For my money/time, there's no question of which is the better > route.? > Check your yellow pages, and good luck! > > George P. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:40 am > Subject: [Phono-L] Suggestions On Getting A Nice Shine > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > I have several original brass bell horns that are in need of being brought > back to life. The brass is dull. What do you experts recommend in getting a > nice bright shine back? Thanks much. > > Brantley > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > From [email protected] Sat Jan 24 16:16:13 2009 From: [email protected] (JimK) Date: Sat Jan 24 16:16:27 2009 Subject: [Phono-L] New Ebay My Ebay format References: <[email protected]><002001c97d16$f5de9f50$0a00a...@jim><[email protected]> <001001c97df1$96dac5c0$0a00a...@jim> Message-ID: <000a01c97e82$23d6d5a0$0a00a...@jim> My appologies to anyone who is a progamer or is remotely involved with a programer, I didnt mean to offend anyone or any type of technology. Further comments will be completly withheld. Jim
