This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Diane I am just doing a 1913 Mason A piano for myself. It was ebony but when = stripped down there was a whole host of beautiful mahogany(not the = boring kind either). My only concern was a blending in a Few pieces( = strong back and key slip). Just got home to see the many coats of = lacquer sanded flat and rubbed out with rotten stone, Oh my gosh! Drop = Dead Gorgeous.=20 The 1929 BB Mason & Hamlin( in ebony) that I had displayed at Cal. = state convention had many parts that were mahogany but I can't remember = how much.( I think many) I know that I considered going mahogany. In = retrospect it would have been an easier finish in mahogany because it = had so much massively deep grain and took much filling to get it flat = and rubbed.(just that memory says it wasn't birch or maple. I'm = guessing you should strip it first then decide. By the way I couldn't = see any grain on either Mason I mentioned before it was stripped. Also the piano did have a residual black dye in the wood which I was = concerned but it sanded right out except some trim pieces over the leg = which got lighter. So I just stained them and you can't tell much = difference. The piano is gorgeous brownish with some red. It was a = water dye powder that we mix for color fastness. Did only minor toning = on some strange grayish areas in the lid and on the top block of the = leg. I also modified the soundboard by free floating the rear corner as = there is so much tension trying to glue that corner down without ripping = the bridge off the board. Hope the tone is as good as Ron O,Del and = others suggest. Hope that helps=20 Best Dale Erwin ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Diane Hofstetter=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:43 PM Subject: M&H Refinishing? To those of you with knowledge about what's likely to be under all that = ebonized finish--what are the chances that the M&H BB can be refinished = in a wood tone? I looked at it as well as I can and the only wood tone = that shows anywhere on that piano are the soundboard, bridges, block, = action parts and keybed. Everything else is ebonized and the customer = wants it to be mahogany. TIA Diane Diane Hofstetter=20 245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343=20 Scotts Valley, CA 95066=20 ph 831-438-6222=20 fax 831-430-9741=20 dianepianotuner@hotmail.com=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/72/11/0c/a2/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC