Glenn, Nice pictures! Well done. Is that a window? Uh...... should we call the piano police? The veneer is mahogany. If you notice, the desk ends and inside the rim are a ribbon (or African) type, with lots of iridescences. In other words, the black changes to gold (or red) and the gold changes to black, when you look at it from two different sides, perpendicular to the grain. That's caused by the little holes, you know. The outside of the rim and the music rest look more like a Honduran mahogany, with the veneer cut more on the half-sawn, than quarter-sawn like the ribbon. Manufacturers were switching to the Honduran when the forests were almost wiped out in the thirties. Both varieties are making a comeback. You can turn an awful/deep-stained/bleeding/maroon old grand or upright to a nice medium brown by staining it green. Really. Just be sure to test! Happy Solstice, etc., Guy At 06:57 PM 12/25/97 -0700, you wrote: >It is one of those 3 inch pins that Keith is looking for ;-) I just went >and checked and there are a couple of pins in that vicinity which are a tad >higher than the surrounding ones. Good thing I didn't bang those in. I >would have failed your close scrutiny miserably!!! > >Glenn. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Howard S. Rosen <hsrosen@emi.net> >To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> >Date: Thursday, December 25, 1997 2:03 PM >Subject: Re: What is "Flagpoling?" > > >>It looks like one of the Ab7 tuning pins is too high. Wouldn't it be a riot >>if I was right?!@#$% >>Happy holidays! >> >>Howard S. Rosen, RPT >>Boynton Beach, Florida >>---------- >>> From: Glenn <rockymtn@sprynet.com> >>> To: pianotech@ptg.org >>> Subject: What is "Flagpoling?" >>> Date: Thursday, December 25, 1997 1:02 PM >>> >>> I do pretty well guessing what some abbreviations and acronyms mean but >>the >>> "flagpoling" has me stumped. >>> >>> Thanks and MERRY CHRISTMAS! >>> >>> Glenn. >>> >>> PS>> I've talked excitedly about my new (old) 1922 Steinway M. If >>anyone >>> cares to see photos then just click below. This piano was rebuilt by a >>> tech/friend of mine. Can anyone tell me if the veneer is walnut or >>> mahogany?? >>> >>> http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/rockymtn/stein4x4.jpg >>> >>> > > >
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