This experience is totally personal. The methods are yet to be improved. Thanks to our big boss for teaching us this process. Gratitude to Dana, the tool maker. Texting, in my mind, to Mr. David Betts wherever he is, maybe fly fishing in Vermont?

This is how we darken the casted letters on the cast iron plate at Absolute Piano as of June 2024. The skill and method are yet to be improved and/or modified.