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An older player asked me a question. Seems a friend of his does engraving and offered to engrave his plain-Jane Selmer Paris tenor for him, with whatever pattern he wants to provide, for free. Says he’s done saxophones and trumpets before, and it will take him 8-10 hours “to do it right.”
The horn is not a very valuable model (Mark VII), and he’s not concerned about any affect on resale value, anyway. He’s leaning toward having it done, mostly because his friend owes him favor-for-favor and really doesn’t have much other wherewithall.
His question, and now mine is, is engraving an already lacquered horn normally done and are there downsides to doing it?
The horn is not a very valuable model (Mark VII), and he’s not concerned about any affect on resale value, anyway. He’s leaning toward having it done, mostly because his friend owes him favor-for-favor and really doesn’t have much other wherewithall.
His question, and now mine is, is engraving an already lacquered horn normally done and are there downsides to doing it?