---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Pianotek just started carrying Transtint dies which , they say, are the densest pigmented dies they have come across. Perhaps that may help. Greg Newell At 10:47 PM 4/11/2003, you wrote: >I am servicing a totally restored 1948 Steinway "M" . The original ebony >keys were refinished by the restorer at the time of the restoration but a >short time later, in the customer's home, the finish proceeded to "flake >off" leaving little flakes of black paint on the white keys and unsightly >chips on the surface of the ebony keys. The restorer took the ebony keys >back and re-refinished them, but again, a short while later, they started >to flake. > >I suggested to the customer that the best solution to the problem was to >strip the ebony keys completely and stain them with ebony anniline stain, >leaving nothing on the key's surface to chip. She accepted this solution >so I took the keys and completed the work. The result was very nice, the >finish being satin and uniformly dark in color, but not as dark as when >the keys were finished with black lacquer. Although the customer is >willing to accept this finish as a compromise, she would like it more if >the keys were darker. > >Does anyone have any suggestions to this problem? > >Thanks fellow piano-techs. John Gunderson, RPT. NJ Chapter >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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