repairing an "ebonized finish"

[Jon Page]

If a seamless surface is what you desire, then you will need to veneer
each panel to cover the joint.

I would finish with black lacquer and rub-out to a matching finish.

Regards,

Jon Page

At 10:28 PM 7/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have an Ibach grand from turn of the century.  The cabinet is an
>"ebonized" finish and is in good condition.  The only problem is that
>the slots on either end of the music desk (where it rides in & out on
>the glides) had been damaged.  Some one had the damage repaired.  It
>looks like it may have been done professionally at a millwork somewhere,
>the two damaged sections cut out and a veneer of maple was spliced in on
>each side.  The repair is structurally sound,  the desk fits properly on
>the glides and moves in & out and the top surfaces where the pieces were
>spliced in have been leveled and finely sanded.  The problem is that the
>repairs are unfinished.  I would like to try to blend the repair in with
>the rest of the cabinet.  I need some advice on how to do that.  I don't
>want to just paint the music desk.  Black lacquer just doesn't match an
>ebonized finish.  Does anybody have any experience with "ebonizing".
>
>Thanks,  John Gunderson, Neptune City, NJ
>  

Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  mailto:jpage@capecod.net
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