> Is there anything we can use to restore the original finish or is
> this permanently damaged?
The finish is just fine. We can see you clearly in the reflection. The
dye/stain/pigment/whatever under the finish is bleached out. Short of
top coating with another opaque finish, or stripping and starting over,
no. Maybe keep the fall board down for ten years and see if it catches
up? What internal damage has accumulated by using the piano as a Trombe
wall? That needs a close look.
Just noticed, huh? Who's been dusting it all this time, the maid?
Ron N
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Worked on this 1985 Petrof and, finding it not touched in many years, they had it sitting just like this for years in the sun with the fallboard up.
To the lady's horror, when I put the fallboard down, it was clear fading had occurred to her high gloss finish. You can see the original colour where the fallboard protected the panel.
I tried using Cory ReVive and also the PrePolish but neither made any difference. Is there anything we can use to restore the original finish or is this permanently damaged?
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Jim Fariss, RPT
Black Forest Piano
Black Forest, Colorado
(719) 425-8845
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