<html> At 04:21 PM 8/16/2005 -0400, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I need to repair the front top corner of an 1890s Knabe before I refinish it. I don't much experience with veneer repairs in general and none with a corner repair. I'm hoping someone out in Pianotech List Land might have some good suggestions for me.</blockquote> Terry,    No real rocket science there, with your experience. There is one thing, though, that often gets overlooked. And..... it's important for veneer in high-wear-and-vulnerable-type situations.    >> Always find the "top" of the veneer. The way to check, especially mahogany, is to drag your finger across the edge, to determine which side of the veneer feathers away from the edge. Like, splinters, you know? The side that feathers/splinters HAS to be the top side, because otherwise, when you trim, the little feathery/splintery pieces pullllll out from under the edge, and you'll never get it to look perfect. If the feathery part is topside, then the average sharp knife or rotary edge trimmer will not pull up, and rarely pull out, and even if it does, you'll be sanding there anyway, make sense? Sorry. Oh, and try to check the iridescence pattern of quartered mahogany before application. It can get weird when the patch flashes a different direction than the original. Wipe some alcohol on the raw sample to get a few seconds of true light angles before it dries. Oh.... (crap.... just remembered) It's quite often helpful to patch and repair before stripping. The stripping process can help to "condition" the new stuff. Enough! G'night, Guy </html>