I've had a very good experience with Grant Hillemeyer. He restored a 1906 Steinway upright that had been under a blanket for most of its life so the color was good but was nevertheless showing signs of age. I believe he used a French polish method. His web site is: http://grantwillfixit.com/default.aspx Tom Cole On 11/5/10 9:20 PM, Rob & Helen Goodale wrote: > Hello, > I have a 1925 Steinway that has basically a very good mahogany > finish. It was well cared for and largely sat untouched for decades. > Although the finish is in excellent shape it will eventually have > issues due to age. I'm wondering as an alternative to striping off a > perfectly good looking finish, maybe scuff it up with fine paper and > pads and then shoot a new clear finish over it. This would make the > finish hard and smooth again without having to deal with all the > stripping mess, grain filling, color matching, everything from > scratch. This could reduce a two-three week job into a matter of days. > Has anyone here done this or seen some disasters? Any suggestions? > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101106/e1bd9981/attachment.htm>
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