Hmm, that's less expensive than I expected. I thought that all of those tick
marks and long dividing lines would have added up to considerable expense.
I have considered having my panels done without the paint, to save money. I
am glad to read that you think it looks good. Maybe I will try it on my next
panel.
It seems that the U.S. branch of Schaeffer still offers dunkelbronze:
http://frontpanelexpress.com/material/variety.htm#06--Adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JH. [mailto:jhaible@...]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 9:50 AM
> To: adam@...; robnet@...; motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Re: Time for an HPF!
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> It's a Schaeffer panel, yes. I don't remember the exact picing, but it was
> around 200 ... 250 Euros I think.
>
> It's engraved, not printed. But ther is paint applied in the carvings
> (which
> is
> a considerable amount of cost.) Some of my panels are without paint,
> especially the large JH-3200 which would have been totally unaffordable
> with paint. But I think the blank aluminium colour for lettering is quite
> nice
> on the dark background, too. Saves a lot of money.
>
> BTW, anyone ordering dark panels from Schaeffer ∗please∗ nag them
> about re-introducing "dunkelbronze" colour! It's almost black, but
> looks more valuable than plain black. Apparently no one knows this,
> so they stopped making dunkelbronze because of lack of demand.
> IMO ∗ever∗ black panel looks better in dunkelbronze! Especially
> in combination with black knobs.
>
> JH.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Schabtach" <adam@...>
> To: <robnet@...>; <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 5:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [motm] Re: Time for an HPF!
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> > > The JH5 has a Schaeffer panel? I didn't recognize it at
> > > such. Especially the graphics and fonts do not look
> > > 'engraved' as all, more like printed. How do you do that on
> > > a Schaeffer panel?
> >
> > I don't know for sure, but it looks like a Schaeffer panel to me, and I
> > thought that Paul told me in a phone conversation that JH uses Schaeffer
> for
> > his projects. Only JH knows for certain, of course. If it's not
> Schaeffer,
> > I'd certainly like to know how he did a one-off panel of that complexity
> and
> > detail.
> >
> > --Adam
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