George Kramer sez:

>In general answer to your question, building tradespeople that like to work
>on historic structures (heck, on old structures) out my way say they
>specialize in "Restoration" or "Rehabilitation) not preservation.
>Preservation is what they do to museums and roughly equates in common
>parlance with embalming.
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^

To close the circle: which then leads them to an embolism when you mention
you want something preserved.

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