How much tone is lost by PAINTING a soundboard with gray primer ????( YUCK! !!)

[Farrell]

I have little doubt that a coat of grey paint is the least of the soundboard 
problems associated with an S&S old upright.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
>     Quite a  lot, I'd suspect. I just picked up this
> Steinway upright, and found rather thick, gray paint
> all over thre back posts and soundboard.
> Gray sandable primer is, I believe rather soft
> ( = sound absorbing. ) If I have time, I'll get a
> bunch of carbon filters for my gas-mask, and try to
> blast it off with lacquer thinner in my spray gun,
> with a  bottle brush to get behind the posts.
>     Peace,
>     G