<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yup, that's pretty much what I do. I = like the look very much.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406153220-28022006><FONT face=Arial = color=#0000ff size=2>But seriously folks, one can strip all the old finish off the ebony = sharps, sand them and then use e.g. Tung Oil or Danish penetrating resin (Watco) to = preserve the wood and yet leave its beauty visible - no? AT least = that's what SHeldon Smith taught me to do back in '71.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406153220-28022006><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Verdana"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=406153220-28022006><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Jason = Kanter</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <P align=left> </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>