[MassHistPres] About sources for pressed tin

[Judy Neiswander]

Confused - I was responding to someone on the listserv who asked about
sources for pressed tin. Did my suggestion get to the listserv?

Judy

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:09 PM, james hadley <jameswhadley at hotmail.com>wrote:

> While restoring an historic tin ceiling our conservator (Rika Smith-
> McNally) found the ONLY shop in North America - we believe - that will
> duplicate historic tin ceiling sections from samples of the ceiling. The
> shop is:
> Brian Greer's Tin Ceilings
> 1572 Mannheim Road
> RR2 Petersburg
> On Canada NOB 2H0
> 519 743-9710
>
> James Hadley AIA
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 14:02:16 -0400
> From: jneiswander at bostonpreservation.org
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Subject: [MassHistPres] About sources for pressed tin
>
>
> Here is one from a favorite blog, After-Dinner Design:
>
> For those of you considering repairing your tin ceilings, or for those of
> you considering installing them, these are your guys:
> *
> *
> *T <http://www.tinsmith.com/>**he Standard Tinsmith <http://www.tinsmith.com/>
> *
> *335 Irving Avenue
> Brooklyn, NY 11237
> 718-821-4500*
> *
> *
> *According to the people at The Standard Tinsmith <http://tinsmith.com/>, our
> ceiling is called "Delicate Daisies" which isn't the first thing that comes
> to mind in my building, but I'm willing to embrace it. The best part is that
> their prices are literally HALF of Home Depot's, so we were able to pick
> up a 2'-0 X 4'-0 sheet for less than $20.00, versus the 2' X 2' sheets from
> HD that cost the same amount, and weren't even Delicate Daisy patterned!*
>
> --
>
>
>
> Judy Neiswander
> Advocacy Coordinator
> Boston Preservation Alliance
> www.bostonpreservation.org
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Judy Neiswander
Advocacy Coordinator
Boston Preservation Alliance
www.bostonpreservation.org

Old City Hall

45 School Street

Boston, MA  02108

ph: (617) 367-2458

f: (617) 227-1886
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