Applescript and Mail 2.x?

I'm currently using Mail 2.x in Tiger, and not having much luck figuring out how to create an Applescript or assign keyboard shortcuts that will let me select a specific signature without taking my fingers off the keyboard. I can use the mouse to select a signature, but that means I've got to take my hands off the keyboard--slow given the number of messages I send every day. Alternatively, I can enable "full keyboard access" to "all controls" in the Keyboard preferences pane, but then I burn out the Tab key having to move to and past the Signatures dropdown menu for each message, plus I still have to select the correct signature using the arrows. A single keystroke would be so much nicer!
Is there any way to assign a keyboard shortcut to an individual signature? I couldn't see anyway to do this via the Keyboard preferences panel, since the signatures aren't a menu choice.
Applescript seems to be the next most likely suspect, but I couldn't see any Applescript commands that would do this--again, they seem to relate primarily to menu commands and buttons rather than mouse clicks. Nothing obvious about selecting signatures.
I'd prefer not to invest in QuicKeys or similar software if I can learn to program it myself using the tools that Apple provides, so advice on scripting this would be my preference.
Thanks for any suggestions!
--Geoff

GL proposed the following Applescript to add a signature:
tell application "Mail"
activate
set om to first outgoing message
set message signature of om to signature "Signature #2"
end tell
Thanks for the suggestion. Good start, but we're not there yet. As a complete innocent with Applescript, I'm not sure how to tweak this to make it work. Here's some data to help you help me:
With a message open and ready to send before I try running the script, running the script produces the error message "The variable om is not defined." Is there a "currently open message" equivalent to "first outgoing message" that could be substituted in the script?
When I tried running that same script from the Script editor with a message displayed but not ready to send, there's possibly no outgoing message, so I got a different error. Should've had more coffee before trying this, but I'm passing this along in case it's useful troubleshooting info beyond "PLBKAC"*.
* Problem lies between keyboard and chair. <g>
Also, does "Signature 2" refer to a logical pointer (i.e., the second signature in the dropdown menu), or should the quoted text be replaced with the actual signature I want to insert? If the signature contains multiple lines, how would I format that in the script editor?
Last but not least, how do I bind the resulting script to a keyboard shortcut so I can run it in Mail without using my mouse? I didn't spot anything in the online help for AppleScript. Possibly from the Keyboard preferences panel?
Thanks for any additional thoughts.
--Geoff

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