Refinishing

[Les Smith]

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

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>  You said Brambach, right? Does your customer have any idea of what the
>  musical value of this instrument really is?
> 
> Surely for any instrument to have "antique" value it needs to be a good
> example of its type. Brambach pianos were not.
> 
> Shouldn't it be something people are actually trying to acquire, as
> opposed to trying to get rid of? And shouldn't it be at
> least a little bit rare? Again, Brambach's are not.
> 
> Refinishing this piano can only make it look somewhat better. 
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-- ddf

While I agree  with everything said, there are exceptions to every
generalization. Years ago I was called out to service a Steinway O
which had recently been refinished. It turned out ot be a do-it-your-
self job in which the owner had used a brush and a can of S-L-O-W
drying black, oil-base paint. While all the fuzzballs and dust caught
between the brush strokes did give the piano a distinctive appearance,   
it had to have looked better before the "refinishing". It HAD to! :)

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net