hidden signatures

[Allen Wright]

Rob, and others;

Thanks for sharing your examples; a collection of pictures of  
signatures might make for a nice little dedicated website. Finding  
these encourages a certain awareness of continuity; that we're part  
of a stream, not just living isolated moments (if I may wax  
philosophical!). Naturally, working on old instruments gives that  
feeling a lot since we're constantly seeing the effects of time in  
the form of wear and tear.

Allen Wright, RPT
London, UK


On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:35 AM, Rob & Helen Goodale wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Allen Wright" <akwright at btopenworld.com>
> > I like finding hidden signatures on parts in old
> > pianos, and reading old parts for wht they have to say.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ---------------
>
> I'm in the middle of restoring a 1925 Wurlitzer 146-B band organ to  
> factory condition.  It's quite a collector's piece, best I can tell  
> there are perhaps less then 9 surviving model Bs.  The model B has  
> wings on each side of the facade with hand made carvings.  The  
> wings were beyond salvage so I had to reproduce new ones.  I  
> carefully steamed off all the original carvings to transfer onto  
> the new wood.
>
> One the back of one portion of a carving that was glued down I  
> found written in pencil:
> "Made By D. Wralla".  Obviously a hand carver in the facade  
> department.  This is a very exciting find on machines like this.
>
> Rob Goodale, RPT
> Las Vegas, NV
>
> <003001c8c448$93d61770$0302a8c0>





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