I bought these plaques for not very much money, maybe
ten bucks. I thought I might use them in an assemblage one day; I didn't know
how. I just loved the graphics.
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| At first I thought these plaques were from a metronome but the text* on the piece from the upper left reveals them to be from a player piano. |
Since then,
I started cutting up tin and making pieces with it. Now there are tin snips and
files and shears at hand. And when I started making a necklace for a friend who's a stellar guitarist, Jane Getter, searching through my
cabinets for pieces to assemble, I came across the player-piano plaques and
realized I could actually make a necklace from them.
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| Largo, slowest<--------------> fastest, Presto |
The thick
brass was harder to cut than tin (thinner steel) but I managed with my new
German shears. I filed off the sharp edges and shaped the treble clef.
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| The volume control was already banner-shaped, but the brass was thinner, so I cut a piece of vintage tin to back it with and riveted the pieces together. |
I think it
turned out great. Now where do I find more player-piano plaques?
*Standard Artist-Record Action is specially constructed to play any make of reproducing or regular music roll with transposer lever at normal.
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