To: Sy Zabrocki Yes, it's true. There is a Southern CA piano shop that regularly refinishs new Steinways for a very large Southern CA dealer. They strip the lacquer off to the bare wood and custom finish to whatever the customer wants. I have seen polished white Bs, red & brown mahogany, and lots of black ones. They do a beautiful job. To my knowledge Hamburg has had polished ebony polyester finished pianos for years. This shop also does this to old, rebuilt grand pianos of various makes. It is quite impressive. And yes--they do it to Yamahas too. You'd be surprised at what colors some people want their pianos. I know of six polished red C6 grand pianos that went to Florida from this shop, a glitter polished turquoise for a rock star, and a polished purple one for another. Oh well, the customer is always right, or so they say. Greg Frank
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