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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>... but she sings real pretty!
:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. :-(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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. ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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~~~~~)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe
Garrett</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 12, 2005 =
7:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Finishing</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah said: "<FONT face="Times New =
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Then =<BR>again, I have a very large, very ugly brown piano that =
will soon get
=<BR>refinished in black lacquer, so I'll be asking some more =
piano-related
=<BR>refinishing advice then. ;-)<FONT face=Arial
size=2>"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>SARAH!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Better RED than Black, =
IMHO!<G></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>