At 10:49 PM 8/7/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Jon, how do you match the color? I can see no problem if just the top of >the cheek is damaged, it is on a different plane than the sides and lid so >it will not show, the repair on the lyre you made sounds like the surfaces >are all on different planes so it would not be noticable. Could you touch >up just half a front lid and have it match? >In my experience all blacks are a different color, that is why we mix 5 >gallon cans of black together (even if they are the same batch number) to >ensure we get enough quantity of the same color to rub out a piano and not >rub through to a different color. Thanks for the info, I will positively >try out. > >David Koelzer >Vintage Pianos >DFW PianoLac is black black, it matches black ploy and the old well cured black lacquer. I've done touch-up on both new poly and lac and it is indistinguishable. Not only that, it does a fantastic job finishing a piano in short order. Non toxic as well. Of course if the insurance will cover the Bose repair, get it done in poly. but lacking that, a Pianolac finish on the front lid and bass cheek would be a suitable match. Regards, Jon Page, piano technician Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jonpage@attbi.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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