6 Aug
2012
6 Aug
'12
1:35 p.m.
On 6 Aug 2012 at 18:36, Tony Duell wrote:
I guess I am strange, but I don;'t much like wood
as a material. I'd
much prefer a set of Napier's Bones in metal.
There are plenty of nice tough antique non-metallic materials that
might make good candidates. It's just that they're a bear to handle
on the small scale or under very tight supply restrictions; e.g. bone
or ivory.
But I think we're getting off-topic here. Napier's bones are very
simple, shape-wise. Just engraved slips of metal and probably one of
the stock shapes available, so quite possibly just cutting, finishing
and engraving.
Brass engraving has been practiced for hundreds of years, so that
would be my choice. Here's an example of some fairly modern stuff:
http://www.electrotheremin.com/184cornet_01.jpg
--Chuck
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