Finishing

[Sarah Fox]

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Joe!!!

My piano was a work piano.  It looks as though the Radio City Music Hall =
Rockettes danced on it, and that's just the lid.  The veneer is gouged, =
banged, chipped, and battered.  One leg is so trashed that the only =
remedy is to replace it (and probably the other two with it, since =
they're not so pretty either).  When my ex drove our car through the =
garage door, scratching every square inch of the body, it looked in far =
better shape than the case of my piano, and the car was totalled!  =
Seriously, approx. 75% of the piano would need to be relaminated.  And =
yes, I know how to pop scratches and depressions with steam, and that's =
not going to do it.

... but she sings real pretty!  :-)

Don't worry, though.  There's nothing particularly exotic about the =
veneer anyway.  This is 1933 styling -- clean, simple lines.  I think =
it's mahogany -- plain, straight grain, nothing inlaid, nothing =
particularly exciting.  Well, they did attach the edge band veneer on =
the lid with a vertical grain, which looks pretty cool.  Of course that =
also made it easier for the Rockettes to chip off.  :-(

But I appreciate your concern!  I wouldn't do it if the case could be =
refinished any other way.  I knew when I bought the piano that it could =
only be ebony.  But of course black *is* a concert color, and this *is* =
a concert instrument.  Nothin' inappropriate here.  ;-)

Peace,
Sarah

PS I've got a gallon of some white Imron...  ;-)   (Just wanted to make =
ya' squirm, Joe!  I hate white pianos probably as much as you hate black =
ones.  :-P~~~~~)


  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Joe Garrett=20
  To: pianotech=20
  Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:32 PM
  Subject: Finishing


  Sarah said: " Then =3D
  again, I have a very large, very ugly brown piano that will soon get =
=3D
  refinished in black lacquer, so I'll be asking some more piano-related =
=3D
  refinishing advice then.  ;-)"

  SARAH!
  ARRRRGGHHH! I hope you are not referring to your Grand! Under that =
"ugly brown" is probably some very exotic WOOD, that will look marvelous =
when PROPERLY refinished! Please tell me you are not contempating =
painting your grand BLACK!??? (I hate black pianos! grrrr! They're what =
I call Friday pianos: all the spare case parts are painted black, ('cus =
their different woods), and another pianer is made....on Friday!<G>
  Better RED than Black, IMHO!<G>


  Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
  Captain, Tool Police
  Squares R I
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