Dale: Perhaps I misunderstood. Are you wishing to keep a grained appearance in the ebonies? Then the lacquer finish is wrong. Terry had some good ideas. We generally shoot a finish on the keys since most of the time we are dealing with damaged wood to begin with, that is, SW's et. al. from the vintage era with a great deal of wear on everything including the keys. Some of this comes down to taste also. We have had customers who requested a visible grain, and others who thought that visible grain was a defect in the finish! So no one way is correct, but depends on the desired outcome. Paul Revenko-Jones
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