Thanks for all the great suggestions -- very helpful, and I may well be
referring to those places soon for other needs. Roger, we tried actually
doing the drilling, and indeed it was too difficult.

We wound up finding a refinishing service he
http://www.albarwilmette.com On the phone they were extremely nice and
helpful and sounded like they had a ton of accessories, could match
keyholes, etc, and so we're sending the roses off to be refinished. I'm
crossing my fingers. And yes, they may indeed look cruddy now, but I'm
sure that they'll look pretty good when the paint and brassy look are
replaced with something nicer.

Thanks again.

Ivan.