Piano Refinishing

[Greg Newell]

Brian,
	I agree! We seem to see a small 
amount from time to time on this list but 
hardly ever, if ever at all, in the 
Journal. It is a big topic and perhaps no 
one in ready to take it on because of the 
sometime controversy in how things are 
done either in methodology or in materials 
used. I know that I for one would 
certainly benefit from such a series of 
articles.

Greg






6/3/2002 10:57:47 AM, Brian Trout 
<grandrestorations@yahoo.com> wrote:

>To those interested...
>
>I think it's time we saw a series of 
articles in
>the Journal about piano refinishing.  It 
seems to
>be one of those subjects that is pushed 
under the
>rug when it comes time for the printed 
material. 
>
>We tend to divide up our field into 
segments such
>as:
>
>1) Tuning
>     a) in home
>     b) concert
>2) Rebuilding
>     a) refurbishing
>     b) rebuilding
>     c) remanufacturing
>3) Refinishing 
>     a) parts as needed
>     b) complete
>
>There are a pretty significant number of
>technicians out there who are actively 
involved
>in the refinishing process (at least 4 of 
the 7
>listings I placed above would be 
responsible for
>doing some finishing work) and I don't 
know that
>it's right that such a significant 
portion of the
>work done by this trade is left totally
>unaddressed.
>
>No offense is intended to those who tune, 
but to
>those of us who do not, more articles on
>temperaments are not high on our priority 
list of
>reading material.  I savor those articles 
on
>rebuilding, sometimes seeming few and far
>between.  But I can't remember any 
serious
>article on refinishing, ever.
>
>It's a part of our trade.  It would sure 
be nice
>to see it receive some attention.
>
>'Nuff said by me.  I'll crawl back under 
my rock
>now.
>
>Have a good day, all.
>
>Brian T.
>
>
>=====
>Brian Trout
>Grand Restorations
>3090 Gause Blvd., #202
>Slidell, LA  70461
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>GrandRestorations@yahoo.com
>
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