Not too much detail to go into here. It’s wood. It needs to be cleaned up. The only real question was weather to treat the wood at all, other than a bit of cleaning.
The original manufacturing process left the wood natural, but it seems that a lot of people are now staining the wood when refurbishing their pianos. There are numerous arguments about whether one should leave these things original or not. In the end I decided to stain the wood with tung oil, which adds a nice light brown tone, and hopefully should protect the wood for the years to come. It also won’t significantly alter its appearance. This piano’s already 43 years old – I’d like it to make it to at least 80 without needing another overhaul.
The wood’s not in terrible condition. After removing the old conductive foil, and most of the associated residue, it was given quick wash with some metho to get the last of the glue. Finally some light sanding was in order.
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