While a tattoo may be unadvisable for many reasons, historical accuracy is
not among them. My understanding is that tattoos were quite common in the
17th and 18th centuries, particularly among pilgrims and sailors.

Dylan

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Tom McGreevy <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> no! no! no!  Norm! wait!  Please no tattoos!
> We all love you the way you are!
> They were wise enough in the 17th and 18th centuries to keep the art on
> the soundboard - why is it we now don’t understand this basic truth?
> Tom
>
>
>
> On May 8, 2018, at 9:40 AM, Norm Purdy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> As it turns out, I'm in the middle of doing a full blown soundboard
> painting for a rebuild of a Zuckermann large Flemish single.  This
> instrument is owned by the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists
> and had been ignored and neglected - huge soundboard crack, ugly paint job,
> etc.  I've extended the case for a second keyboard and plan to install
> wooden jacks (mine of course) and leathered registers.  So I thought while
> I'm at it, I've always wanted to do a full, outrageous Flemish decoration.
> After stripping the paint the marbling went surprisingly well - thanks to
> the MacTaggart instruction booklet, and hopefully their booklet on papering
> will prove equally valuable.
>
> Now I'm about two thirds through the soundboard work.  From Zuckermann I
> got their kit "Soundboard Painting in a Flemish Style" and so far I've got
> to say it has been going very well.  The instructions are very detailed and
> complete, and a separate booklet contains page after page of templates of
> flowers, birds, and arabesques.  The image templates are transfered to the
> soundboard with carbon paper, and then the job becomes a gigantic
> paint-by-numbers project.  I hadn't done any art type painting since
> elementary school, so it's slow going while I learn how to yield a brush
> and control the paint.  The results are nowhere near that achieved by
> skilled artists, but better than I had expected.  And the Ruckers painting
> is less meticulous than 18 century French, I've been told, so maybe it will
> do!
>
> Anyway, as I was tediously painting the 20th cobalt blue arabesque design,
> I thought if I ever had the courage to get a tattoo, an arabesque from a
> Flemish soundboard would be a great choice.  But I'm too chicken to ever do
> this - and I'm also averse to pain.  I'll leave it to speculation as to the
> location .... suggestions?
>
> Norm Purdy
>
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