I did it!

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Leslie wrote:
Where can I get that and how on earth did you knew it is Arial

Hehe! Well, I'm a typography geek! :) When it comes to Arial vs Helvetica, the "R" ang the "G" is the most obvious difference. Unfortunately, Frutiger is not a free font so you'll have to but it unless someone is kind enough to lend it to you ;) I'm at the summerhouse at present and do not have access to my font collection.

Older B&O equipment (all 70's stuff and most of the 80's gear) used Helvetica, newer uses B&O's own variant of Frutiger.

Leslie,

Amazing, amazing work. Well done. I was wondering when someone would have the guys and skills to try this. Beautiful job!

 

 

henrik wrote:
Where can I get that and how on earth did you knew it is Arial

Location: Mexico city

Retired
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050

Thank you Søren for the link and Eric, it's not really a challenge, more fun to do and maybe others can do something with it! Soon I will post some pictures for the "workinstruction"!

A freind of mine in France needs a panel for BG CD 4500 (if Martin cant deliver), can you make one ??

Location: Mexico city

Retired
Printing machine technician
Restored various 1960-70 items
Rock and Roll music
Collecting Vinyl
Restored Jukebox Wurlitzer 1050

Have made 10 panels for the Beomaster. But (maybe) later I will make them for the Beogram CD.

Hi Leslie,

 

Came back from holiday. The weather looks like autumn and guess what? My glasspanel of my BM4500 in my office at home came down, hit the BC9500 and broke the plastic cover and scrathed the mirror plate of the BL7000 which is on a glasstrolley under the BM4500. [:'(]

Never thought it could happen to me.....  In some earlier post you said to write a HOWTO/ DIY. I would like to make some panels, if I just know where to start..

 

Well, still 9 panels to finish but at the moment I'm doing a lot of restorations on B&O vintage stuff, so the panels are on hold. You have my number, remember?

Sh1t, wish pushing the "post" button responds a bit earlier (double posted!)

Leslie. This is why I like this forum so much, super inventive!

Great news for all who had the glass panel broken. And even better news for all second hand systems and components not being stripped as spare parts just for the glass panel, ha ha!

 

Regards, Robert

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