Bell Re-engraving

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Bell Re-engraving

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Is there anyone who does re-engraving? I have an old Buescher tuba that the engraving is barely visible anymore but it is very beautiful.

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Re: Bell Engraving

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Sherry Huntley at Conn/Artistic Engraving was the gold standard but she has retired. Some ideas on this trumpet forum thread:

https://www.trumpetherald.com/forum/vie ... ?p=1710101
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There is also someone active on instrument repair groups on FB who does this now. I'll have to try to track him down.
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Perhaps a gun engraver. Mike Gouse does fine work.
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Tracing over buffed down engraving on brass instruments is known as re-engraving, and it's a thing that people do.
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I have contacted the folks mentioned using the contact info provided. We will see what happens.
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Re: Bell Re-engraving

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BAC and Roy Naguera both do engraving.
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