Am trying to find a Russian looking abacus for a production of Uncle Vanya. Any

Question:

Am trying to find a Russian looking abacus for a production of Uncle Vanya. Any suggestions?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Sure!

Browse these and find one you like and can afford.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...

THEN NEXT you paint out any culturally identifiable marks (like Chinese characters).

and THEN you FAKE-ADD something Russian looking, like these copper handles: You can just get a drawer copper pull handle at any hardware store):

http://www.francisjpurcell.com/images/m0...

OR - try to copy an original (but that's harder.)

Example:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/...

*** IMPORTANT set decorator note: In Russian, traditionally, the abaci buttons are DIKFFERENT colors (brown, amber, etc) so at the very least just get an abacus and paint some of the beads in those COLORS!