My Estonia Update

For what it's worth-

The owner of the store I bought the piano from came to my house to look at the piano yesterday. He was completely befuddled. Basically he said that in his 30 years experience he has never seen a polyester finish behave in this manner- let alone twice (as this is the 2nd piano he has delivered to me).

So he offered 2 possible options for me: replace the piano a third time (Lord, spare me) or see if he can get Estonia to pay and have this piano refinished locally.

Both have its pros and cons. If I get a replacement (3 times a charm) I'd have to be concerned that the problem might happen again. If I get the piano refinished- I'm concerned about the quality of that job: should it look showroom when it's done? How are the working parts of the piano protected in the process? Should a pro be able to tell it was refinished?

Any opinions? btw- how much should it cost to totally refinish a 5'6' in Polished Ebony polyester considering you're using all the original

Hi,

If you like the Estonia, I would suggest taking the owner's generous offer of a third piano. If the third piano finish goes bad, I would suggest trading for a piano made by a completely different manufacturer. The chance of having a new piano refinished in a local shop and expecting it to look as though it just left the factory is slim to none.

A cloudy finish is usually caused by moisture trapped under the finish...this shows up right away (commonly called *blushing*). As I understand it, the problem you have did not show up for several months. To me, this indicates that something may be leeching out of the wood into the finish...possibly some type of chemical reaction of the glue that bonds the laminations.

Thanks for your comments, John. The scenario you describe seems to be the general consensus. I had my piano technician over tonight for a tuning. I explained to him the situation-and he said, while looking at the piano: 'Joe, what are you smoking, I don't see a thing!'

I responded, 'Oh, yeah