(photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23869082@N03/sets/72157624687893411/ ) Sporer, Carlson & Berry Upright, No. 1571 No year listed in the atlas, but the company made pianos from 1860-1915 My first guess from the color and rough grain texture would be oak, but I have never seen this sort of dramatic curl pattern in oak. Anyone else seen this look before? Also, any guesses on age? The other weird thing is that at first I thought it had been refinished, due to the light color compared to the color under the lid, but then I notice the the crazing in the finish is still there. Is there any way someone lightened the finish without removing the crazing? Oh, and this was a fire salvage piano and then stored, so it would have been exposed to heat and then covered in a layer of soot for about 10 years. You can see silhouettes of knickknacks and photo frames on the lid where the heat discolored the finish. [k] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100826/50cf678e/attachment.htm>
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