Lexi Cross, Steinway B, Regilding the Iron Frame
The iron frame has already been cleaned and sanded.
447 20083001 		... and put on the stand to be sprayed.
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449 20083001 		You can see that it has been cleaned up ready for the gilding process.
450 20083001 		A final look at the lettering.
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(Another final look) ..
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456 20083001 		Here the brass agraffes have been covered with masking tape. Occasionally you see dreadful frame regilding where the operator has not masked the agraffes - just painted them.
464 20080802 		... and the hitch pins have been masked. If they are gilded, the lacquer might fall apart when the strings are hitched around them.
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Wait for the contrast!
466 20080802 		The first undercoat ...
469 20080802 		... then some gilding.
472 20080802 		... more undercoat + filler where the surface looked uneven.
473 20081402 		That looks better.
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The plate screws need to be gilded as well.
478 20081702 		Yes, the plate screws.
479 20081702 		And the other nameless parts of the frame. Honestly, this is so antique that the modern textbooks don't teach you the names of these things. They are generally referred to as
480 20081702 		The little numbers are the string gauges.
482 20081702 		The frame goes back in ...
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