| Hi Jack
That particular Flugel belongs to Henry Lowther, in my opinion one of the most wonderful flugel players around.
Henry Chose the yellow bell which has a warm fluffy flugel sound yet can cut through very easily aswell.
Henry wanted something a little different from the crowd as long as it was still in silverplate!!! (Henry does NOT like gold plated horns)
He did explain it to me, but i have forgotten the whole story, but its something to do with his great love of astrology and the fact that silver happens to be his colour astrologically.
I am sure he will correct me if thats not quite correct.
What we have done is to polish the entire instrument to a fine finish, then we cut out the shapes we desire from stickers and apply them to the surface of the horn where we want them.
Then its a case of scratching by hand around the stickers, once that is complete the stickers are gently removed to leave the stars and moons in polished effect.
Thats it really!!
Regards
Leigh
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