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I am about to restore a 1902 Bell "Cabinet Grand" upright piano, made in the Guelph Ontario workshop. Its quite a piece, it's got a beaver carved into the top! (I mentioned this in the "beaver fever" thread in the piano forum.) There is a beautifully written "Bell piano company" and Its trademark two bells on the inside of the keyboard cover as well as "cabinet grand" written on the fallboard. I do not want to take this writing off in the refinishing process, but I think if I leave it as is it will look bad next to the nice red refinished mahogany. I also considered taking a digital picture of the writing to have a professional re-write the words, but I don't know if that will work nicely. What do piano restorers do in this situation?

Try "Decals unlimited" and see if they already have such a decal - else go the digital route

HammerMan, sounds like a terrific piano! Hope the restoration goes good! I recently came across an old upright I could not pass up, an 1897 Fischer in Tiger Oak. It is nice to see a few other people on this board who appreciate some of the old uprights. . .

There are several Bell decals on this page of pianosupply.com's website: http://www.pianosupply.com/decals/bec-bog.jpg

Be sure and post some pictures of your piano, looking forward to seeing it!

Vaughn

The Pierce Piano Atlas folks claim to have the
worlds largest collection of manufacturers decals.

http://www.pianoatlas.com/decals.html

Frank B.
Piano World

Decals Unlimited has the Bell decal with the two bells. Stock # 3059. Call them at 651-429-4465......Sam