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Author: C2thew
Date: 2005-02-22 04:26
Hey guys, i'm relatively new to the clarinet bboard but i know that forums are the best and fastest way to answer questions. I've recently purchased a selmer signet soloist clarinet off ebay (Bout FRIGGEn time!) and i'm wondering if there is a way to paint the clarinet logo (the selmer signet part) so that it would be restored to it's normalness. More or less it's candy for the eyes =)
I'm thinking so far of finding a paint from a local art store, then using a needle to painstakingly go over the logo. I'm wondering if there is a way to do it faster and simpler? Maybe like how teachers use those electronic pen-a-ma-bob to engrave gold writing on the back of calculators. if all else i don't know where to begin so anyone have any suggestions for this? thanks alot!
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2005-02-22 06:17
I think i figured it out. the makers use a stencil pen and go from there. Now to find a stencil pen?!? ouy time to go to a craft store!
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: C2thew
Date: 2005-02-22 06:47
Nevermind!!! argh i seriously don't know how they do it! Does anybody know?!?! or have an opinion or something?
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. they are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive as railroads lead to Boston to New York
-Walden; Henry Thoreau
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Author: Fred
Date: 2005-02-22 12:56
I'm generally not very pleased with my results using the crayons. I'd like a better technique - especially for impressions that are not deep enough to do well with the crayon.
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2005-02-22 13:14
My favorite cl repairer took about 1 minute to re-gold my Selmer Omega "carved" bell, and believe he used a crayon. Its still holding on, with little "use", and I'm careful of it. It "glistens". Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Brenda Siewert
Date: 2005-02-22 21:04
Lots of eBay sellers have gotten quite good at using the clarinet crayons. I don't remember where to buy them, but you might look up eBay and then clarinet and a seller named cpaok. Then check out some of his listings and click "ask the seller a question." He sold me a couple of them a few years back. I never used them because it looked like a messy thing to me.
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Author: RodRubber
Date: 2005-02-23 16:52
Yeah CG, lets color. I used to use a crayola on my original buffet r13 in highschool, and it really impressed the ladies
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Author: kal
Date: 2005-02-23 17:37
Rod, I would think that Buffet players would insist on CrayPas 
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Author: RodRubber
Date: 2005-02-23 18:24
Yeah,
But i switched to selmers a long time ago
then to yamaha, then back to selmer.
Now in just mainly play the stock market
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Author: Fred
Date: 2005-02-23 21:21
You need to be aware that brand preference rules here as well. There's the gold crayon for Selmer, a different gold crayon for Buffet, . . . . and, well, you get the point.
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