I have a nice Erard grand piano that has some of the veneer which has
buckled due to humidity perhaps.

behind the veneer, the wood was scraped with a tool that left a
hatch-pattern, no doubt to improve the sticking of the glue used.

I was wondering if there is a quick way of flattening out the veneer on
the solid mahogany backing, perhaps with steam and/or an clothes iron,
or something that will permit me to keep the veneer on the piano
without unglue-ing the whole piece off.

any ideas?

alfred wrote:
I have a nice Erard grand piano that has some of the veneer which has
buckled due to humidity perhaps.

behind the veneer, the wood was scraped with a tool that left a
hatch-pattern, no doubt to improve the sticking of the glue used.

The tool would have been a toothing plane and it would have been
done for precisely the reason you surmise.


I was wondering if there is a quick way of flattening out the veneer on
the solid mahogany backing, perhaps with steam and/or an clothes iron,
or something that will permit me to keep the veneer on the piano
without unglue-ing the whole piece off.

any ideas?

Someone once told me that he uses water and glycerin to soften veneer
when applying it, but never explained the process. One thing for sure,
you don't want to experiment on the piano!

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FF