For a quick and dirty, get some automotive body filler. Use it to fill in the gouged out areas, smooth it down, paint it black. It won't be museum work but it will vastly improve the appearance. Just painting the area black without the filler will be a big improvement. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:11 PM To: Pianotech List; caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: Filling fingernail gouges on fallboard Ed, That sounds like a plan. Here's an interesting one. A Wurlitzer upright, epoxy finish that has a HUGE piece missing from the left cheek. It's probably 8-9 inches long with all veneer, finish, etc gone, just the plywood showing on the curve from just where it starts at the music-desk area to around the curve down to the key-slip.....ie two curves. How does one fix this one????? It's a real yucky piano, and in a practice room, so I'm not too concerned. It would be nice to fix it up some though..... A great practice project... As Richard West always tells me... "There's another reason they call them practice rooms!! " Thanks in advance! Paul T. Williams RPT Piano Technician School of Music 5 Westbrook Bldg. University of Nebraska Lincoln NE 68588 pwilliams4 at unl.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080726/7f9c84fe/attachment.html
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