Re: [CR]thoughts on De Rosa

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]thoughts on De Rosa
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:01:32 -0800
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Charles Andrews wrote:
> Then I thought, what if De Rosa had decided to make his lugs
> with heart cut-outs. Cast them in. He could have. Seems
> to me that one detail would have made all the difference.

The process for hearts in the lugs would have been to pantograph them, not have the hearts cast into the lugs. I know that that's the way the spades were cut in Mario Confente's lugs... the lugs were sent off to a pantograph place in Van Nuys, CA that did aircraft instrument panels etc.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA
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