Saxophone/Musical Engraving

dave gibson

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In this link I found http://momie.org/home.html, Museum Of Musical Instrument Engraving and Ray Noguera's Musical Instrument Engraving page on FB. Great Stuff!! I've spent most of the past hour drooling over pix of beautifully hand engraved horns.
 

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what technique is used to get such deep and metronomicly regular wriggles do you think? just great technique or is a chasing hammer + small chisel used?
 

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Wriggling is using a flat graver with a strong and steady rhythmic motion. Watch the links and you'll see what I mean.
 

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what technique is used to get such deep and metronomicly regular wriggles do you think? just great technique or is a chasing hammer + small chisel used?
neither. tonnes of practice
 

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i believe mr. dumars visited the forum a very long time ago.i have seen a few of his videos, but have no links to them. some of his very first "gravers" were just repurposed screwdrivers.
 

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There's an engraver in Canada who engrave's saxophones go by the name Truehand show on the Lindsay's forum. J.J.
 
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