Lacquer versus varnish on Steinways

BobDavis88 at aol.com BobDavis88 at aol.com
Wed Jul 18 13:05:02 MDT 2007


 
In a message dated 7/18/2007 11:30:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, A440A at aol.com 
writes:

Seems like Varnish was the finish of choice up until around WW II.  
Who knows when they started putting lacquer in hammers?  

We do refinishing, and start seeing lacquer in the mid twenties. I can't 
remember offhand when varnish replaced shellac, but I think it was in the late 
1890's or early '90's. Don't quote me on that.
 
Bob Davis



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