<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Pianotek's ebony sharp stain</title></head><body> <div>On 7/30/06, Farrell quoth:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I've used the Transtint dyes and have found them to be a very good product. But as far as brown streaks in the ebony is concerned, I would question where the problem is - with the ebony sharps or elsewhere. Why disguise that beautiful spark of natural beauty with dye? We're talking character here....</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>I totally back Terry on this. Let ebony show its true colors. Polish but dont stain. I used to work for a harpsichord and forte piano maker, many times the sharps were pear wood which is easily available and machines very nicely,  and we stained that black with aniline dye, but if we had ebony tops on sharps or naturals we left the light streaks and in fact laying out the keytops, you might try to repeat a pattern if possible with the resawn ebony, and emphasize the grain. There is not much prettier......</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>----Dave<br> <br> <br> -----------------------------<br> Dave Doremus, RPT<br> New Orleans<br> ------------------------------</div> </body> </html>