Les ! , I know a close facsimile to this guy. There's four of them around here! Didn't I get into a 'bashing' conversation with someone in the past month? The problem is, that around here is not that much area of land. :-) kepps me busy though.. Jon Page At 04:51 PM 12/30/97 -0500, you wrote: > > >On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Delwin Fandrich wrote: I once had a piano that >> someone had stripped the original finish with a belt sander. It took >> some veneering but the end result was quite good. It can all be done, >> but . . . > >Under the heading "Tales of the Unbelievable", about ten years ago I >had the opportunity to see a Steinway 19th century rosewood concert >grand that had had veneer damage on the long side. The rebuilder had >removed all of the veneer on that side with a large DISC SANDER! Then >ha squared everything off as best he could and applied the new veneer >over a surface that resembled the Canadian Rockies. The end result de- >fies description. He could have done a far better job just using con- >tact paper over the original surface. When I mentioned the fact that >the job looked a "little rough", he replied that no one would ever see >it because that side would be placed close up against a wall. The rest >of the rebuild was of the same quailty as the veneer repair job. In >fact, it was one of the few rebuilds I seen in recent years that play- >ed as good as it looked! My only thought was that maybe he was planning >on placing the KEYBOARD close up against a wall, too. Incredible, but >true! So is the fact that he's still in business. > >Les Smith > > > >
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