refinishing articles in the Journal

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In a message dated Tue, 4 Jun 2002  6:23:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Clair Dunn" <cadunn@vt2000.com> writes:

>My two cents here:
>
>Major refinishing of a piano require a lot of non-piano equipment and
>a dedicated space -- which I'll bet most of us don't have. What we do
>have is a lot of pianos with various types of dings and surface
>problems which don't require a refinishing shop but do require
>know-how and a few jars/cans/whatever.
>
>For instance, I have a beautifully refinished small grand with a
>puzzling problem--right in the middle of the lid top is a small,
>irregular hole. From the way the edges of hole look, it looks like it
>was there before the refinish job. I have to fix it, but have no idea
>how.
>
>And another instance-- on otherwise fine old uprights, the front of
>the toes are frequently in sad shape. How can those best be improved
>without major hassle?
>
>Loose veneer on grand legs, plant pot stains on the top of uprights,
>fingernail marks on the front of the fallboard, etc., etc.
>
>It is these kind of things I think that more of us more often run
>into and need to know what to do about than refinishing a whole piano.
>
>Cheers,
>Clair
>
>Clair's Piano Service
>http://www.vt2000.com/cps/
>

Completely different field and I agree we could use some articles on touch up.  Ruth Phillips has an excellent all day class coming up in Chicago that covers touch up.  Even if you are not going to refinish yourself a good understanding of what is involved can be useful info.
David Koelzer
Vintage Pianos
DFW