Question about a Bach 50 bell engraving

StPetersBone · by **StPetersBone** » 2018-09-17 3:07 p.m.

A recently acquired Bach 50 has an interesting notch in the 0.

Has anyone seen this before and/or know the possible meaning or significance?

Burgerbob · by **Burgerbob** » 2018-09-17 3:29 p.m.

Ahh, the 5QB.

Matt_K · by **Matt_K** » 2018-09-17 3:41 p.m.

Looks like there are some nicks on the rest of the bell. I'd guess it wasn't part of the original engraving but I could be mistaken.

StPetersBone · by **StPetersBone** » 2018-09-17 3:42 p.m.

True, the horn shows its age and use... but the line just seemed too uniform to be incidental.

Of course, I could be completely wrong.

Bonearzt · by **Bonearzt** » 2018-09-17 4:51 p.m.

Could be a smart way to ID your horn without being too obvious if it ever got lost or stolen.

TheBoneRanger · by **TheBoneRanger** » 2018-09-17 9:39 p.m.

Looks to me like it was Friday afternoon, and the bell maker couldn't find the "0" stamp. Eh, a "Q" is close enough...

Andrew