Refinishing Vintage Steinways

[Jon Page]

Sand the surface and apply a finish over.
Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 08:22 AM 1/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> Frank,
>>When you say "soluble", do you mean immediately? Does an alcohol-ly rag grab
>>when you wipe across the finish?
>>Bob Davis
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>Bob,  It's shellac.  I have begun a process of reamalgamation, and the surface
>is coming back beautifully.  I'm rubbing with a pad containing shellac and a
>drop or two of linseed oil.  Lots work, but worth it.
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>Now I have another problem (or two).  The legs, and lyre are maple with a faux
>figure and color to match the case.  Reamalgamation may remove the faux
pattern.
>Any ideas for restoring this surface?
>
>Final problem.  The music desk is shellac, but the music holder is finished in
>something else, as are the external surfaces of the platforms where the legs
>mount.  No amount of alcohol will reamalgamate these surfaces.  Lacuer thinner
>dissolves this surface, but it is risky to assume it can be redone properly
with
>shellac.  Ideas?
>
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>

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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