Happy to arrange a visit but perhaps anyone interested could let me have their email addresses to narrow everyone’s availability down to offer to GJ, as perhaps this Forum is not the best vehicle for all the back and forth of suggested dates/ arrangements? David at Jacksons was genuinely surprised that someone had shown an interest in the moulds and knew what they were, so he is as interested as we are to find out what they have and was going to start hunting things out ready for our visit. I think that he will be learning as much about his stock from the visit as we will. It never ceases to amaze me the quality of the workmanship in the original relief moulds and it’s great to see so many originals in Mike’s collection. I would one day like the opportunity of playing with a real carving and “pressing the compo” as I must confess to having gone over to the “dark side” and use modern silicone and resins to make moulds now. Email addresses please?

I was looking for an acanthus leaf for another project and the web search took me to George Jackson. I sent an email enquiry mentioning the Harp decoration and David from GJ came back really interested. Although he knew about the Erard connection, other than a German museum, no one to his knowledge had ever enquired about the harp decorations in the past. He has kindly offered to make the board and any other relevant pieces available for inspection, see mail below. To save taking up too much of his time, perhaps we could organise a visit for any interested parties to view the items all in one go? Take the Forum on tour? Jon, Thanks for getting in touch. As discussed, we would be pleased to welcome you to our workshop and showroom to view the pattern boards we believe hold the designs used on Erard harps. I’ve attached a photo of the pattern board in question, apologies that it’s not front on but this pattern board is high up on one of our walls. Let me know a couple of dates when it would suit you to visit. Regards, David David Serra Director : George Jackson Limited Tel: 0208 687 9740 | Fax: 0208 685 9372 | Mob: 0752 6199119 | Unit 19, Kimpton Park Way | Sutton | SM3 9BW | UK david.serra@georgejackson.com | www.georgejackson.com | Instagram